Jack Krivitsky’s memoir captures a pivotal era spanning 1967-1971, documenting his personal journey through a nation undergoing profound transformation. Growing up in privilege within Boston’s North Shore Jewish community, Krivitsky entered college in 1967 as he found himself navigating two distinct worlds: the comfortable upper middle class environment of his youth and an increasingly turbulent America fractured by generational, economic, racial and gender divides.
His college path took him first to Iowa in 1967, where he encountered new dimensions of personal liberty. A subsequent transfer to Georgetown University in Washington DC in 1968 introduced him to the mechanics of political influence. Through carefully drawn depictions of both locations during this transformative period, as well as introspective portraits of himself as a participant, observer and romantic figure, Krivitsky presents a vivid examination of American society and politics. His account encompasses direct involvement in antiwar demonstrations and major public gatherings, ultimately revealing the American experience in its full complexity—marked by violence, passion and contradiction.
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