Turbulence: Dispatches from the Student Protest Movement, Rutgers 1970 - Couverture souple

Ritter, Lewis Kenneth

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1943190305 ISBN 13 : 9781943190300

Editeur : Wild Ginger Press, 2022

Synopsis

Rutgers University, 1970.

America is divided by war, protest, civil rights, changing sexual politics and a generation questioning nearly everything it has been told to believe. On campus, those national tensions become personal.

Danny Watkins is a student journalist for The Daily Targum, trying to prove himself at a time when the world around him seems to be coming apart. But his editor, Jim Morris, doubts Danny’s ability and keeps assigning him stories that do not match his ambition. When an important assignment goes wrong, Danny loses his place at the newspaper — and his scholarship.

With his future suddenly at risk, Danny makes one desperate move: recruit controversial activist Abbie Hoffman to speak at Rutgers. If he succeeds, he may save his college career. If he fails, he could be forced to leave school and face the draft during one of the most unpopular wars in American history.

Turbulence: Dispatches from the Student Protest Movement, Rutgers 1970 is a coming-of-age novel set during a defining moment in American campus life, when peace, love, war and rebellion collided — and students had to decide who they were becoming.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Lew Ritter is a retired teacher from Bergen County. He has had many careers including working in the Air Courier industry before FedEx took over the field, graduating from DeVry College as a Unix Network Operations person, and finally as a Social Studies and Library Media Specialist Teacher. He has been married for twenty-three years to Bonnie Mitchel.His interest in writing began in college with a series of correspondence with the legendary producer of M*A*S*H, Larry Gelbart. He wrote an impassioned letter to CBS protesting the potential cancellation of M*A*S*H in its freshmen year. Gelbart was so impressed with the letter that they corresponded for several months. He sent him actual scripts and even gave Lew a chance to pitch story ideas for the series. In 1975, Lew joined Mystery Writers of America and tried his hands at writing mystery short stories for the Ellery Queens Mystery Magazine.He became enthusiastic about becoming a Copywriter for advertising agencies in NYC in the early 80s. This led him to take classes at the School of Visual Arts in NYC. He took classes with Copywriters and Art Directors from legendary agencies such as Ally & Gargano and Doyle Dane and Birnbach.His decision to become a screenwriter began in 1985 when he attended a Screenwriting class led by Ron Peterson. He wrote several entry-level screenplays but reached his level in 2011.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wild Ginger Press
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1943190305
• ISBN 13: 9781943190300
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 278
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg