Blood on the tracks : the life and times of S. Brian Willson : a psychohistorical memoir by Willson, S. Brian, 1941- instant download

Blood on the tracks : the life and times of S. Brian Willson : a psychohistorical memoir by Willson, S. Brian, 1941- instant download

1 online resource (xxiv, 441 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates) :, After serving in the Vietnam War, S. Brian Willson became a radical, nonviolent peace protester and pacifist, and this memoir details the drastic governmental and social change he has spent his life fighting for. Chronicling his personal struggle with a government he believes to be unjust, Willson sheds light on the various incarnations of his protests of the U.S. government, including the refusal to pay taxes, public fasting, and, most famously, public obstruction. On September 1, 1987, Willson was run over by a U.S. government munitions train during a nonviolent blocking action. Willson, who lost his legs in the incident, discusses how the subsequent publicity propelled his cause toward the national consciousness, Includes bibliographical references and index, Print version record