Certainly guaranteed to ruffle a few feathers this contrarian look at our history argues many personal freedoms we now enjoy were mainly because of “renegades.” These renegades include: drunks, pirates, slaves, Whores, the Irish, the Italians, the Jews, gangsters, juvenile teens, etc. He makes some interesting cases against popular icons which take most modern credit for freedoms as actually being anatagonists for personal freedoms in some aspects. These anagonists include: Puritanical mindsets, FDR, MLK & Malcolm X, country music artists during the Vietnam War, etc.

I can't recommend this book enough. It will engage and disrupt your cognitive bias(es) to make you question the big picture. He provides sources and a comprehensive index at the end like any other good history book does. He made compelling points—some stronger than others, but that's to be expected.