US Politics
The Logger's Gambit: How Troy Jackson's Working-Class Revolt Tests the Foundations of Maine Politics
Troy Jackson, a fifth-generation lumberjack, became Maine's unlikely Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate after a failed logger blockade 30 years ago convinced him change must come from within the political system. This is the raw, emotional story of a working-class American whose struggle against corporate power and fading opportunity has forged a powerful challenge to the political establishment, a fight for the very soul of the democratic process.