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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Nation Books
Publication date
May 26, 2004
Pages
353
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781560255789
ISBN-10
1560255781
Dimensions
1 by 6.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.92 lbs.
Original list price
$20.95
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Summary
A fast-paced memoir of a life lived in the borderlands of capitalism takes a leftist stab at politics and culture by chronicling his own triumphs and foibles as an activist around the globe, from his encounters with the Zapatistas to his ill-advised tenure as a human shield in Iraq. Original.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2004
After spilling bourbon on Schnaubelt's grave, its pugnacious and very dead occupant becomes Ross's mentor, sidekick, and boozing companion through this epic telling of the hallucinatory, carnal, and ornery histories of the American Left and John Ross's own remarkable life. Schnaubelt navigates us through his seemingly boundless revolutionary battleground, uttering cries of subversion from within the grave while trying to remain out of earshot from the FBI snoop and local supermarket tycoon buried nearby. Ross's own storyâhobo revolutionist, junkie, poet, and journalist is a contrapuntal to Schnaubelt's. Ross never takes himself too seriously, yet his most remarkable trait is the honesty with which he approaches life, even while trying to deconstruct his own faults, personal tragedies (including the death of his one-month-old son), and imperfections. His pursuit of revolutionary politics and poetics is the constant, often spent with his muse, Revolutionary Mexico. Ross concludes with a trip to Baghdad as a "human shield," before the Anglo-American invasion, ready to sacrifice his life as part of his perpetual struggle for justice. Award-winning writer John Ross's memoir is inspired from a tumbledown tombstone in California: The headstone reads: E. B. Schnaubelt 1855â1913, "Murdered by Capitalism."
After spilling bourbon on Schnaubelt's grave, its pugnacious and very dead occupant becomes Ross's mentor, sidekick, and boozing companion through this epic telling of the hallucinatory, carnal, and ornery histories of the American Left and John Ross's own remarkable life. Schnaubelt navigates us through his seemingly boundless revolutionary battleground, uttering cries of subversion from within the grave while trying to remain out of earshot from the FBI snoop and local supermarket tycoon buried nearby. Ross's own storyâhobo revolutionist, junkie, poet, and journalist is a contrapuntal to Schnaubelt's. Ross never takes himself too seriously, yet his most remarkable trait is the honesty with which he approaches life, even while trying to deconstruct his own faults, personal tragedies (including the death of his one-month-old son), and imperfections. His pursuit of revolutionary politics and poetics is the constant, often spent with his muse, Revolutionary Mexico. Ross concludes with a trip to Baghdad as a "human shield," before the Anglo-American invasion, ready to sacrifice his life as part of his perpetual struggle for justice. Award-winning writer John Ross's memoir is inspired from a tumbledown tombstone in California: The headstone reads: E. B. Schnaubelt 1855â1913, "Murdered by Capitalism."
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from Nation Books (May 26, 2004)
9781560255789 | details & prices | 353 pages | 6.50 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.92 lbs | List price $20.95
About: A fast-paced memoir of a life lived in the borderlands of capitalism takes a leftist stab at politics and culture by chronicling his own triumphs and foibles as an activist around the globe, from his encounters with the Zapatistas to his ill-advised tenure as a human shield in Iraq.
About: A fast-paced memoir of a life lived in the borderlands of capitalism takes a leftist stab at politics and culture by chronicling his own triumphs and foibles as an activist around the globe, from his encounters with the Zapatistas to his ill-advised tenure as a human shield in Iraq.
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