Rebel mother : my childhood chasing the revolution
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017.
ISBN
9781501124396, 1501124390
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Cicero Public Library - Stacks | 306.8743 AND | On Shelf |
Evergreen Park Public Library - Stacks | B ANDREAS | On Shelf |
Hillside Public Library - Stacks | 306.874 ANDREAS | On Shelf |
Homewood Public Library District - Stacks | 306.874 AND | On Shelf |
La Grange Public Library - Stacks | 306.874 AND | On Shelf |
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LC Subjects
Americans -- Chile -- Biography.
Americans -- Peru -- Biography.
Andreas, Carol.
Andreas, Peter, -- 1965- -- Childhood and youth.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
College teachers -- United States -- Biography.
Communists -- United States -- Biography.
Feminists -- United States -- Biography.
Mothers and sons -- Biography.
Mothers and sons -- United States.
Parental kidnapping -- United States.
Radicalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Women political activists -- United States -- Biography.
Women revolutionaries -- United States -- Biography.
Americans -- Peru -- Biography.
Andreas, Carol.
Andreas, Peter, -- 1965- -- Childhood and youth.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
College teachers -- United States -- Biography.
Communists -- United States -- Biography.
Feminists -- United States -- Biography.
Mothers and sons -- Biography.
Mothers and sons -- United States.
Parental kidnapping -- United States.
Radicalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Women political activists -- United States -- Biography.
Women revolutionaries -- United States -- Biography.
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
x, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781501124396, 1501124390
Notes
Description
"The adventure tale and intimate true story of a boy on the run with his mother, a housewife turned radical who kidnapped her son and set off for South America in search of the revolution. Carol Andreas was a traditional 1950s housewife from a small Mennonite town in central Kansas who became a radical feminist and Marxist revolutionary. From the late sixties to the early eighties, she went through multiple husbands and countless lovers while living in three states and five countries. She took her youngest son, Peter, with her wherever she went, even kidnapping him and running off to South America after his straitlaced father won a long and bitter custody fight. They were chasing the revolution together, though the more they chased it the more distant it became. They battled the bad "isms" (sexism, imperialism, capitalism, fascism, consumerism), and fought for the good "isms" (feminism, socialism, communism, egalitarianism). They were constantly running, moving, hiding. Between the ages of five and eleven, Peter attended more than a dozen schools and lived in more than a dozen homes, moving from the comfortably bland suburbs of Detroit to a hippie commune in Berkeley to a socialist collective farm in pre-military coup Chile to highland villages and coastal shantytowns in Peru. When they secretly returned to America they settled down clandestinely in Denver, where his mother changed her name to hide from his father. This is an extraordinary account of a deep mother-son bond and the joy and toll of growing up with a radical mother in a radical age. Andreas is an insightful and candid narrator whose unforgettable memoir gives new meaning to the old saying, 'the personal is political.'"--Provided by publisher.
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"Carol Andreas was a traditional 1950s housewife from a small Mennonite town in central Kansas who became a radical feminist and Marxist revolutionary. From the late sixties to the early eighties, she went through multiple husbands and countless lovers while living in three states and five countries. She took her youngest son, Peter, with her wherever she went."--Jacket flap.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Andreas, P. (2017). Rebel mother: my childhood chasing the revolution (First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.). Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Andreas, Peter, 1965-. 2017. Rebel Mother: My Childhood Chasing the Revolution. Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Andreas, Peter, 1965-. Rebel Mother: My Childhood Chasing the Revolution Simon & Schuster, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Andreas, Peter. Rebel Mother: My Childhood Chasing the Revolution First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition., Simon & Schuster, 2017.
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