| Description |
321 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Cobblestones -- Ch. 2. L'Enfant Jones -- Ch. 3. Konspiratsia -- Ch. 4. The other cheek -- Ch. 5. The committees -- Ch. 6. Breakaway -- Ch. 7. Class struggle -- Ch. 8. Days of rage -- Ch. 9. In the forest -- Ch. 10. The bust |
| Summary |
"In this family history, journalist Thai Jones traces the past century of American radical politics through the extraordinary exploits of his own family. Born in the late 1970s to fugitive leaders of the Weather Underground and grandson of Communists, spiritual pacifists, and civil rights agitators, Jones grew up an heir to an American tradition of resistance. Yet rather than partake of it, he took it upon himself to document it." "Beyond the politics, this is the story of a family whose lives were filled with love honored and betrayed, tragic deaths, painful blunders, narrow escapes, and hope-filled births. There is the drama of a pacifist father who must reconcile with a bomb-throwing son and a communist mother whose daughter refuses to accept the lessons she has learned in a life as an organizer. There are parents and children who can never meet or, when they do, must use the ruses and subterfuge of criminals to steal a hug and a hello."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Jones, Thai, 1977- -- Family.
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Jones family.
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Weather Underground Organization.
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Radicalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Labor movement -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| LC no. |
2004053217 |
| ISBN |
0743250273 |
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