{"product_id":"thumbscrew-rack-geo-macdonald-kevin-i-slaughter-sa1325","title":"Thumbscrew \u0026 Rack | Geo. Macdonald \u0026 Kevin I. Slaughter | SA1325","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"151\" data-end=\"221\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"151\" data-end=\"170\"\u003eThumbscrew \u0026amp; Rack\u003c\/em\u003e is not just a lurid curiosity—it is a document of accusation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThumbscrew \u0026amp; Rack\u003c\/em\u003e by Geo. Macdonald\u003cbr\u003eHalf-letter, saddle stitched\u003cbr\u003e32 pages plus cover\u003cbr\u003eSpeckletone Cream Card cover\u003cbr\u003eStandard white paper interior\u003cbr\u003eEdition of 66\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"223\" data-end=\"560\"\u003eOriginally issued by \u003cem data-start=\"244\" data-end=\"262\"\u003eThe Truth Seeker\u003c\/em\u003e in the 1890s, George E. Macdonald’s text surveys the machinery of religious torture with an unsentimental clarity that refuses to let these devices recede into abstraction. The iron, the screws, the racks—these are presented not as relics, but as instruments once justified, applied, and defended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"562\" data-end=\"1007\"\u003eThis \u003cem data-start=\"567\" data-end=\"580\"\u003eStand Alone\u003c\/em\u003e edition goes beyond reproduction. It situates the work within the institutional and ideological world that produced it, drawing out the role of Macdonald and the \u003cem data-start=\"743\" data-end=\"757\"\u003eTruth Seeker\u003c\/em\u003e as part of a broader freethought movement that challenged religious authority at its cultural and legal limits. The accompanying essay traces that history with specificity, restoring the polemical force that later editions tend to flatten or ignore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1009\" data-end=\"1122\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eA brief work, but a pointed one—made sharper by understanding exactly where it came from, and why it was written.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Union of Egoists","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52068651303195,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0040\/0461\/0117\/files\/ThumbscrewAndRack-StandAlone-FINAL-1.png?v=1776343105","url":"https:\/\/underworldamusements.com\/products\/thumbscrew-rack-geo-macdonald-kevin-i-slaughter-sa1325","provider":"Underworld Amusements","version":"1.0","type":"link"}