Riot A 1960s Love Story edition by Charles Isaacs Literature Fiction eBooks
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Two young lovers find each other just as the Vietnam War, the Antiwar Movement, and the Black Power Movement near their explosive peaks. Excitement, danger and heartache lie ahead.
It’s September 1967. Steve Harris – white, idealistic, naïve -- begins his freshman year. During that year, he will fight to end the war, fall in love, confront painful truths about his family, and be jailed and beaten by police. Through this crucible, he emerges with a transformed consciousness, of the world and of himself.
His awakening begins with a rousing antiwar speech delivered by Emma Gold, a Depression-era radical. When Emma introduces him to young Cat Crawford -- inter-racial, brilliant and exotically beautiful – his bewitching is complete. The two students’ instant friendship blossoms before long into a passionate love affair. Their bond is tested, though, by the mounting demands of the times, and by their own deep-seated psychological issues.
1968 is marked by campus unrest, urban rebellion, assassinations, and political violence that leads the two into clashes with the Chicago Police and the National Guard. The story builds to a heartrending climax during the street battles surrounding the Democratic National Convention.
This is a complex, fast-paced journey on an emotional roller coaster, punctuated by flashes of self-discovery, and bursting with political and sexual passions.
"A deftly crafted and complexly layered novel of immense passion and divisive politics that is a quite accurate portrayal of the events and issues backgrounding this emotionally dazzling story from beginning to end, "Riot A 1960s Love Story" establishes author Charles S. Isaacs as a truly extraordinary and gifted novelist. Very highly recommended."
-- Midwest Book Review
Riot A 1960s Love Story edition by Charles Isaacs Literature Fiction eBooks
I thoroughly enjoyed this book! It has engaging characters, plenty of action and suspense, romance, and history. I feel like I got to know the characters on a deeply personal level because they are so relatable and interesting. There is just the right balance of fiction and historical fact ... you are reading a page-turning novel, while at the same time learning so much about the time period. I highly recommend this book!Product details
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Riot A 1960s Love Story edition by Charles Isaacs Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Riot is a meticulously crafted novel, rich with historical details, depicting the unrest and turmoil that had taken place in America, during the 1960's. While U.S. soldiers were fighting in Vietnam, violence, racism, and anti-war demonstrations were plaguing American streets.
To dodge the draft, Steve signed up for full-time college. It was while he was attending Midway College in Chicago that two women crossed his path and changed his life. The first person was Emma, an older woman, and radical organizer. The second most influential woman was Cat, a black student who would become the love of his life. Being involved in an interracial relationship during the 1960’s, was only the first of several obstacles that the two would have to overcome.
Riot is a well-written and well-researched novel.
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
The late 1960s were a tumultuous time in American history. There were protests for women's rights, civil rights and anti-war demonstrations. Nowhere was the feeling of unrest and unhappiness with the current status quo of American life felt more strongly than on the college campuses. This novel takes place in 1967 - 68 in Chicago and tells the story leading up to the student protest at the Democratic National Convention in 1968.
In 1967 when Steve started college at Midway in Chicago, he was just a kid trying to avoid being drafted. He wasn't a particularly great student but he knew that he didn't want to go to Vietnam and college was the best way to avoid going. It isn't too long after he arrives on campus that he meets Emma, an older woman who runs a book store near campus and has been a radical organizer for years and the person who helps her at the store, Cat, a black female college student. Through Emma and Cat, Steve meets many of the anti-war and civil rights members on campus and realizes that there is so much more wrong with the war than he had originally thought. He gets very involved with the movements on campus and he falls in love with Cat.
The author does a fantastic job of making this book very readable yet full of facts about the history of the time. There is reference to many of the situations and people that were part of what was really going on and it is interspersed with Steve and Cat's story in a way that makes it all very interesting. Sometimes a book like this with so much history is slowed down by all of the facts but this book is very readable and keeps your interest. I must admit that even though I knew the outcome of the political part of the story, I wasn't bored at all with the facts because they were presented so well as part of the story of Steve and Cat.
Whether you were around during the 60s and remember what went on or you are younger and want to learn what you parents or grandparents were doing back then, I highly recommend this book. It's very interesting and well written and has two main characters who are so real that you will end up caring and thinking about them long after you close the book for the final time.
Riot takes place in the turbulent 1960s. This historical fiction novel paints an accurate picture of the changes sweeping the nation and the passionate confrontations exploding on college campuses.
From the anti-war movement to civil and women’s rights, Dr. Charles Isaacs has painstakingly researched details of many conflicts during 1967-1968. His historical fiction lays out in a real-time pace the increasing awareness and building tension among college students that culminated in the October 1967 demonstration in Washington DC. Beyond that historic protest, Dr. Isaacs continues his tale of the period’s unrest through the presidential election of 1968. Many history classes rarely go beyond WWII, and Riot does a great job filling in some “recent” history. It presents enough information to inspire a curious mind to dig into some nonfiction books about the period.
Riot is told in first person narrative. Steve enrolls in college in order to avoid the draft. While attending Chicago’s Midway College, he meets two women who will change his life. He falls in love with Cat, and has to deal with the prejudice surrounding their interracial relationship. The other, Emma, inspires him to join in the protest against the Vietnam War. While Steve and Cat do have a love-relationship, Riot is more about the politics, violence and chaos found on and around college campuses during the late 1960s.
The rich historic fact that impregnates the story is important. I appreciated the author’s attention to details and his extensive research. The pace of the story was a bit slow for me, but overall the story is poignant and worthy of reading.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book! It has engaging characters, plenty of action and suspense, romance, and history. I feel like I got to know the characters on a deeply personal level because they are so relatable and interesting. There is just the right balance of fiction and historical fact ... you are reading a page-turning novel, while at the same time learning so much about the time period. I highly recommend this book!
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