An American Child Supreme The Education of a Liberation Ecologist |
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| Author:
| Nichols, John |
| Series title: | Credo Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-57131-253-2 |
| Publication Date: | May 2001 |
| Publisher: | Milkweed Editions
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $14.00 |
Book Description:
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John Nichols was raised by a family as American as the Stars and Stripes. He enjoyed a top-notch private school education and at 23 wrote a best-selling novel, The Sterile Cuckoo. At that point, he considered himself a child blessed by the culture and fated for delirious success.” However, a trip to Guatemala derailed his golden-child existence and set him on a very different path toward social and environmental activism. This book charts Nichols’s rich and often...
More DescriptionJohn Nichols was raised by a family as American as the Stars and Stripes. He enjoyed a top-notch private school education and at 23 wrote a best-selling novel, The Sterile Cuckoo. At that point, he considered himself a child blessed by the culture and fated for delirious success.” However, a trip to Guatemala derailed his golden-child existence and set him on a very different path toward social and environmental activism. This book charts Nichols’s rich and often tormented journey out of his sheltered middle-class life toward a belief in what he calls liberation ecology.”