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First Edition: April 2020

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Johnson, Walter, author.

Title: The broken heart of America : St. Louis and the violent history of the United States / Walter Johnson.

Description: First edition. | New York : Basic Books, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019057353 | ISBN 9780465064267 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781541646063 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Saint Louis (Mo.)—History. | African Americans—Missouri—Saint Louis—History. | Saint Louis (Mo.)—Race relations—History. | BISAC: HISTORY / United States / 19th Century

Classification: LCC F474.S257 J65 2020 | DDC 977.8/66—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019057353

ISBNs: 978-0-465-06426-7 (hardcover), 978-1-5416-4606-3 (ebook)

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