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Civic staples, plus the same number of books from the left and the right. Amazon handles the sale. Poliwog’s own merch stays on the page as an empty slot.
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The two book shelves match. Patriotic and civic items sit with them. Prices stay on Amazon, where they change, so this page does not print them.
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Patriotic and civic
Flags and founding documents. These are not assigned to a side.
Patriotic
U.S. flag, 3 by 5 feet
An outdoor flag with embroidered stars, sewn stripes, and brass grommets.
Flag
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The Penguin Guide to the United States Constitution
Richard Beeman
The Declaration, the Constitution, the amendments, and selections from The Federalist Papers, with notes.
Founding documents
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The Federalist Papers
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
The 1787–1788 essays arguing for ratification of the Constitution.
Founding documents
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Books people on the left often assign. The right shelf is the same length.
Left
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Michelle Alexander
A widely assigned argument that the criminal justice system continues racial control.
Books
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A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn
A U.S. history told through workers, enslaved people, and other people left out of many textbooks.
Books
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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder
Short lessons drawn from twentieth-century Europe about how democracies come apart.
Books
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Books people on the right often assign. The left shelf is the same length.
Right
Capitalism and Freedom
Milton Friedman
Friedman's case that economic freedom and political freedom depend on each other.
Books
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The Conscience of a Conservative
Barry M. Goldwater
The 1960 manifesto, in the Princeton edition, that helped define modern American conservatism.
Books
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The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot
Russell Kirk
Kirk's history of conservative thought from Edmund Burke through the twentieth century.
Books
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