Ms. Wilkerson takes us inside one of the most coveted covens of the New Left, The Weather Underground and gives us a first hand account of how they operated, their agenda and a history of the movement from its roots to eventual dissolution through FBI infiltration.
One of the things that sets Ms. Wilkerson's book apart from the rest of the radical memoirs is the fact that, unlike many other sixties icons who got book deals, Wilkerson waited until she grew up and became a parent up to write about her post-adolescence. Thus giving her a grander perspective on her politics and the actions of her cohorts and the movement in general.
I would have liked a bit more about her later life and how she had to rationalize to her child about her radical choices. The end felt rushed, for that I deduct a star, but I'm nit-picking. This is a book of historical significance, well written and one that should be read by all who study the Sixties and the New Left.
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