Growing Up Underground
by Jane Alpert
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Author: Jane AlpertEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1990-11
ISBN: 0806511966
Number of pages: 374
Publisher: Citadel Pr
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Book Review: A truly fascinating tale of a reluctant revolutionary
Summary: 5 Stars
I first read this book 8 years ago and not a week goes by when I don't think about it. Sick of the war in Vietnam, Jane Alpert and her boyfriend fall in with a group in the East Village that manufactures bombs which are detonated in the NYC offices of major corporations (luckily, no one was hurt). Albert goes on the lam when the feds close in and spend the next few years; traveling around the country under aliases before finally giving up and serving time in prison. This book is a great no-nonsense look at how the anti-war movement went bad in the late '60s and how certain radicals became so enamoured with themselves that they lost total perspective. Happily, Alpert has no illusions about herself and "the movement," which led some idiots in the radical left to attack her for being so honest and forthright.
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