{"product_id":"hurricane-street-9781617754494","title":"Hurricane Street","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHurricane Street\u003c\/i\u003e... is] another raw expose on the cost of war. The book, which he calls a prequel, drills deep into the 17-day drama of a 1974 sit-in and hunger strike staged by Kovic and a band of fellow wounded veterans who took the federal building on Wilshire Boulevard by storm...The book is an unflinching anti-war declaration, written in blood and the sweat of too many haunted nights by a Vietnam Marine Corps sergeant who later opposed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author of \u003ci\u003eBorn on the Fourth of July\u003c\/i\u003e (1976) recounts the brief 1974 movement he initiated to change how Veterans Affairs hospitals cared for wounded soldiers...The great strength of this book is that the author never minces words. With devastating candor, he memorializes a short-lived but important movement and the men who made it happen. Sobering reflections on past treatment of America's injured war veterans.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A] compelling snapshot of early 1980s activism....Without social media or cell phones to boost the signal, it was Kovic's flair for the dramatic and ability to marshal reporters that turned the protest into a battle victory....Kovic's updates on the fates of his fellow veterans provide a memorable and bittersweet conclusion.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author of the bestseller \u003ci\u003eBorn on the Fourth of July\u003c\/i\u003e writes an impassioned and timely memoir about the 1974 American Veterans Movement that will strike a chord with veterans and their families today.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, Top 10 Pick for Spring 2016\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKovic, a Vietnam veteran paralyzed from the waist down and the author of the seminal war memoir \u003ci\u003eBorn on the Fourth of July\u003c\/i\u003e (1976), looks back to the spring of 1974, when he led a two-week hunger strike in the Los Angeles office of U.S. Senator Alan Cranston . . . Kovic's personal tale is also a timely topical book as veterans' mental and physical health care remain woefully insufficient.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKovic has also penned a new book, \u003ci\u003eHurricane Street\u003c\/i\u003e, that will be released on July 4th. The new book recounts how in 1974, the author and other injured veterans staged a sit-in and hunger strike to demand better treatment for vets.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRenowned antiwar activist Kovic, a Vietnam veteran, delivers a powerful memoir detailing his organization of the American Veterans Movement (AVM) during the mid-1970s . . . This chronicle will resonate with those interested in the all-too-human effects of war and the challenges faced by our wounded warriors.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForty years after the release of \u003ci\u003eBorn on the Fourth of July\u003c\/i\u003e, the 1976 memoir that became the 1989 Academy Award-winning film starring Tom Cruise, author Ron Kovic gives us \u003ci\u003eHurricane Street\u003c\/i\u003e, a memoir about his 1974 movement to change the way Veterans Affairs hospitals cared for wounded soldiers.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eParade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the spring of 1974, as the last American troops were being pulled out of Vietnam, Ron Kovic and a small group of other severely injured veterans in a California VA hospital launched the American Veterans Movement. In a phenomenal feat of political organizing, Kovic corralled his fellow AVM members into staging a sit-in, and then a hunger strike, in the Los Angeles office of Senator Alan Cranston, demanding better treatment of injured and disabled veterans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis was a short-lived and chaotic but ultimately successful movement to improve the deplorable conditions in VA hospitals across the country. \u003ci\u003eHurricane Street\u003c\/i\u003e is their story--one that resonates deeply today--told\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Akashic Books, Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/04\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781617754494\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2016 pg. 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2016 pg. 103\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ron Kovic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43673018400949,"sku":"9781617754494","price":22.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_40ce09ea-1064-4183-ad94-06fb9fcbae71.jpg?v=1709052963","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/hurricane-street-9781617754494","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}