Taking of the Waters - John Shannon - Paperback

"A racy, ambitious edit of a recent history. A formidable good idea."--Clancy Sigal. A three-generation epic saga of American radicalism. Fortified with alcohol, the two of them set off in an old Cadillac convertible on a wild & dangerous quest. Dieter is a rootless German journalist who became so worried about his American friend Clay that he crossed the Atlantic to track him down. Dieter's arrival stirs up the traces of three generations of drama, & the story is forced back in time. What was done to Clay's grandmother, the Socialist-feminist muckraker during the Water Wars in California's inland valleys? What was done to his father, the stormy agitator in the rise & collapse of American communism? To Clay's own New Left hopes, as the story comes full circle & he finds a world that offers only Quixotic crusades? The answers erupt form their shattering odyssey into the dark side of America. "The most moving novel to come out of the experience of American radicalism."--Mike Davis. To order contact Pacific Pipeline or John Brown Books at (310) 836-6583.Shannon, John is the author of 'Taking of the Waters - John Shannon - Paperback' with ISBN 9780963905017 and ISBN 0963905015.