**”By the Light of Burning Dreams”: Unearthing the Untold Stories of America’s Second Revolution** Venture into the turbulent heart of 1960s and 70s America with David and Margaret Talbot’s award-winning “By the Light of Burning Dreams.” This captivating narrative, fueled by meticulous research and compelling storytelling, unveils the interconnected struggles of a generation determined to reshape the nation’s promise of equality. More than just a history lesson, this book explores the personal awakenings and daring actions of activists who challenged systemic injustices, from civil rights and women’s liberation to the fight against the Vietnam War and the pursuit of Indigenous sovereignty. Through intimate portraits of figures like Bobby Seale, Jane Fonda, Cesar Chavez, and lesser-known heroes, the Talbots illuminate the complex tapestry of movements that defined this era. Discover the clandestine operations of the Jane Collective, the spiritual roots of the American Indian Movement, and the surprising alliances forged across racial and social divides. This book reveals the raw courage, the strategic brilliance, and the personal sacrifices that fueled these movements, while also acknowledging the internal conflicts and lasting consequences that shaped their legacies. “By the Light of Burning Dreams” offers a fresh perspective on familiar narratives, connecting the dots between seemingly disparate struggles and revealing the deep-seated yearning for justice that propelled America’s second revolution. Its a vital read for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the forces that shaped modern America and the ongoing quest for a more equitable society. Prepare to be challenged, inspired, and empowered by this essential contribution to American history.
By the Light of Burning Dreams: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the Second American Revolution
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Winner of the Northern California Book Award for General Nonfiction
New York Times bestselling author David Talbot and New Yorker journalist Margaret Talbot illuminate Americas second revolutionary generation in this gripping history of one of the most dynamic eras of the twentieth centurybrought to life through seven defining radical moments that offer vibrant parallels and lessons for today.
The political landscape of the 1960s and 1970s was perhaps one of the most tumultuous in this country’s history, shaped by the fight for civil rights, womens liberation, Black power, and the end to the Vietnam War. In many ways, this second American revolution was a belated fulfillment of the betrayed promises of the first, striving to extend the full protections of the Bill of Rights to non-white, non-male, non-elite Americans excluded by the nations founders.
Based on exclusive interviews, original documents, and archival research, By the Light of Burning Dreams explores critical moments in the lives of a diverse cast of iconoclastic leaders of the twentieth century radical movement: Bobby Seale of the Black Panthers; Heather Booth and the Jane Collective, the first underground feminist abortion clinic; Vietnam War peace activists Tom Hayden and Jane Fonda; Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta and the United Farm Workers; Craig Rodwell and the Gay Pride movement; Dennis Banks, Madonna Thunder Hawk, Russell Means and the warriors of Wounded Knee; and John Lennon and Yoko Onos politics of stardom. Margaret and David Talbot reveal the epiphanies that galvanized these modern revolutionaries and created unexpected connections and alliances between individual movements and across race, class, and gender divides.
America is still absorbingand reacting againstthe revolutionary forces of this tumultuous period. The change these leaders enacted demanded much of American society and the human imagination. By the Light of Burning Dreams is an immersive and compelling chronicle of seven lighting rods of change and the generation that engraved itself in American narrativeand set the stage for those today, fighting to bend forward the arc of history.
By the Light of Burning Dreams includes a 16-page black-and-white photo insert.
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| Weight | 318 |
