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Rebel mother : my childhood chasing the revolution

Summary: A true account of a deep mother-son bond and the joy and toll of growing up with a radical mother in a radical age follows Carol Andreas, a traditional 1950s Mennonite housewife-turned-Marxist rebel, as she and her young son, whom she kidnapped from his straitlaced father, travel the world, chasing the revolution together.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781501124396
  • ISBN: 1501124390
  • ISBN: 9781501124426
  • ISBN: 1501124420
  • Physical Description: print
    x, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster edition
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Carol and Carl -- Separation -- Berkeley -- From Guayaquil to Santiago -- Renaico -- Just passing through -- Back to the farm -- El Golpe -- To Buenos Aires -- Jauja -- Ocopilla -- Passing the hat -- Piojos -- Was Jesus a revolutionary? -- Ataura -- Christmas '74 -- the wait -- The trial -- Kidnapped -- Comas -- Animal house -- A dangerous place -- Huertas -- South Bannock Street -- Lesbians will lead the revolution -- Don't vote! -- Playing hooky -- Gun crazy -- Stealing from the rich -- the bout -- Surfacing -- The science report -- Tourists -- Baker's dozen -- Denounced -- Saving Raul -- Fitting in -- "Let's put a pencil to it" -- Defection -- "Where are the students studying Mao and Lenin?" -- Chasing rainbows.
Subject:
Andreas, Carol
Andreas, Peter 1965- Childhood and youth
Mothers and sons United States Biography
Women revolutionaries United States Biography
Women political activists United States Biography
Parental kidnapping United States
Feminists United States Biography
Communists United States Biography
College teachers United States Biography
Radicalism United States History 20th century
Americans Peru Biography
Americans Chile Biography
Feminists
Genre:
Biographies.
Autobiographies.

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  • 5 of 5 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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