[Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] Re: SIUC Protests Book

[Tom Abram]

Allan sent me a copy and requested I pass it along.  Let me know if
you'd like one.

Tom Abram



On 5/17/08, Mike Lehman <rebelmike at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Allan advised me in an email that he is willing to send his book to any
> activists interested in it for just $5 (and he'll pay the postage.) Mine
> arrived quickly after I sent him my check.
>
> While I've only had the time to flip through it quickly, Allan provided
> these comments by others who've taken time to read it. As a historian
> with an interest in radical movements of the last half-century, as well
> as what lessons it holds for the present, Allan's analysis of this
> home-grown resistance to oppressive power and lawless authority is worth
> consulting.
>
> Here's Allan's contact info:
>
> Allan H. Keith
> 217-235-0995
> PO Box 882
> Mattoon IL 61938
>
> Regards,
> Mike Lehman
>
> Allan Keith wrote:
>> Mike -- You might want to read some of the comments shown here ------
>>
>>
>> ___________________________
>>
>>
>> Chris Wissmann, editor of Nightlife, a weekly newspaper in the
>> Carbondale area, has written kind words about Allan H. Keith's new book
>> "SIUC's Days of Dissent: A Memoir of Student Protest."
>>
>> He wrote that the book differs from some other books about the period at
>> SIUC "by focusing less on the street actions of the protest movement and
>> delving into the workings of student government, the conflicts between
>> liberals and radicals in the movement, media coverage and other more
>> neglected angles."
>>
>> Keith's book, along with other books about the period, "tells  an
>> important piece of this story and readers should treasure" all of the
>> books, Wissmann wrote.
>>
>> Wissmann wrote that Keith's book "preserves in a straightforward manner
>> an era in Carbondale's history that many would rather forget, or maybe
>> worse, romanticize. While Keith laments in his conclusion the dearth of
>> activism at SIU after the Seven Days in May, the book makes it clear
>> that the protest movement at SIU was an important and serious but often
>> dangerous endeavor -- if good things came through the protests they
>> sometimes did so at a substantial cost to the city, university and local
>> citizens who were beaten, tear-gassed and raided (sometimes without
>> warrants) by police."
>>
>> ______________________________
>>
>> A Carbondale resident who was a student at SIUC at that time commented
>> on the book this way: "Congrats on putting the book together. Very
>> readable. Names I hadn't heard in years leap from the pages. We need
>> reminders like this. Thanks."
>>
>> Another SIUC grad wrote this about the book: "I will be sharing this
>> book with my children who have heard all the stories from me -- and
>> probably believe only half of them. Thanks for remembering!"
>>
>> A librarian emailed: "The accounts of this time need to be told. The
>> students of today need to know what the college experience was back
>> then."
>>
>> An ex-SIUC activist emailed: "Very enlightening trip in a time machine
>> back to the late 60s. Thank you for writing this detailed account of
>> those years of protest."
>>
>> A professor in Massachusetts emailed: "I think local histories and
>> memoirs like this are very valuable because they become building blocks
>> for other forms of history. This one is especially useful because it is
>> written by a journalist."
>>
>>
>> Click below for details about the book.
>>
>>
>> Allan H. Keith
>> 217-235-0995
>>
>> PO Box 882
>> Mattoon IL 61938
>> I occasionally have problems with my webtv email. If you have reason to
>> believe that I might not have received one of your emails  (such as not
>> getting a reply from me) please try:  akeith_us at yahoo.com
>>
>>
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>> http://community-2.webtv.net/allank/SIUCBook/
>>
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