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7. Apropos, there is a book by Lisa McGirr about the history...

Reply to DBoon (Original post)

Mon Jan 5, 2026, 12:12 PM

Jan 5

...of Orange County which covers much of the same ground, but more from a perspective of the political economy of the region. The book is Suburban Warriors: The Origins of the New American Right (2015, revised edition).

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/suburban-warriors-lisa-mcgirr/1129969754

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LAT: Yes, Orange County has always had a neo-Nazi problem. A new deeply reported book explains why [View all] DBoon Jan 5 OP

Nixon was an Orange County "Quaker". A most peculiar branch of Quakerss. haele Jan 5 #1

Cleaned up original link plus an archive link Celerity Jan 5 #2

My original link did not block non-subscribers DBoon Jan 5 #3

It dosen't block me. Plus I added a paywall immune archive link. Celerity Jan 5 #4

so you don't get the "Get Immediate Access" subscription prompt that I find unremovable (Can't close it)? DBoon Jan 5 #5

No, not at all. I am in the EU (Stockholm) so that may play a factor. Celerity Jan 5 #9

I live in Orange County, I can confirm. Initech Jan 5 #6

I grew up in Huntington Beach BuddhaGirl Jan 5 #8

Apropos, there is a book by Lisa McGirr about the history... keep_left Jan 5 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jan 5 #10