| An American Child Supreme: The Education of a Liberation Ecologist Contributor(s): Nichols, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1571312536 ISBN-13: 9781571312532 Publisher: Milkweed Editions OUR PRICE: $12.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2001 Annotation: The author of "The Milagro Beanfield War" and "The Sterile Cuckoo" presents an impassioned memoir of his journey from child of privilege to author to activist, from self-satisfied to outward-seeking belief in "liberation ecology". Illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Nature | Ecology |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2001016411 |
| Series: Credo (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 5.02" W x 8.02" (0.54 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 tormented journey out of his sheltered middle-class life toward a belief in what he calls "liberation ecology." |