By the Light of Burning Dreams: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the Second American Revolution
“By the Light of Burning Dreams crackles with the radical energy of the 1960s and ’70s. It’s a shot in the arm of bold idealism, an indispensable companion for today’s revolutionaries that reminds us what can happen if we dare to believe in—and fight for—a better world.”—Jessica Bruder, author of Nomadland
By the Light of Burning Dreams is an immersive and compelling narrative of the flawed but heroic lightning rods of change in the 1960s and 1970s—catalysts of a second American revolution who strove to extend the full protections of the Bill of Rights to all those Americans excluded by the nation’s founders.Based on exclusive interviews, original documents, and archival research, it explores critical moments in the lives of visionary leaders, including Bobby Seale and Huey Newton 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, and Dolores Huerta of 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 Ono, who harnessed radical politics to their stardom. David and Margaret Talbot reveal the epiphanies that galvanized these modern revolutionaries and created unexpected alliances across race, class, and gender divides.America is still absorbing—and reacting against—the revolutionary forces of this volcanic period. By the Light of Burning Dreams is a compelling narrative of the generation that engraved itself on our nation’s conscience—and set the stage for today’s activists, as they fight to bend forward the arc of American history.
“By the Light of Burning Dreams crackles with the radical energy of the 1960s and ’70s. It’s a shot in the arm of bold idealism, an indispensable companion for today’s revolutionaries that reminds us what can happen if we dare to believe in—and fight for—a better world.”—Jessica Bruder, author of Nomadland
By the Light of Burning Dreams is an immersive and compelling narrative of the flawed but heroic lightning rods of change in the 1960s and 1970s—catalysts of a second American revolution who strove to extend the full protections of the Bill of Rights to all those Americans excluded by the nation’s founders.Based on exclusive interviews, original documents, and archival research, it explores critical moments in the lives of visionary leaders, including Bobby Seale and Huey Newton 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, and Dolores Huerta of 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 Ono, who harnessed radical politics to their stardom. David and Margaret Talbot reveal the epiphanies that galvanized these modern revolutionaries and created unexpected alliances across race, class, and gender divides.America is still absorbing—and reacting against—the revolutionary forces of this volcanic period. By the Light of Burning Dreams is a compelling narrative of the generation that engraved itself on our nation’s conscience—and set the stage for today’s activists, as they fight to bend forward the arc of American history.
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“By the Light of Burning Dreams crackles with the radical energy of the 1960s and ’70s. It’s a shot in the arm of bold idealism, an indispensable companion for today’s revolutionaries that reminds us what can happen if we dare to believe in—and fight for—a better world.”—Jessica Bruder, author of Nomadland
By the Light of Burning Dreams is an immersive and compelling narrative of the flawed but heroic lightning rods of change in the 1960s and 1970s—catalysts of a second American revolution who strove to extend the full protections of the Bill of Rights to all those Americans excluded by the nation’s founders.Based on exclusive interviews, original documents, and archival research, it explores critical moments in the lives of visionary leaders, including Bobby Seale and Huey Newton 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, and Dolores Huerta of 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 Ono, who harnessed radical politics to their stardom. David and Margaret Talbot reveal the epiphanies that galvanized these modern revolutionaries and created unexpected alliances across race, class, and gender divides.America is still absorbing—and reacting against—the revolutionary forces of this volcanic period. By the Light of Burning Dreams is a compelling narrative of the generation that engraved itself on our nation’s conscience—and set the stage for today’s activists, as they fight to bend forward the arc of American history.
