Kent State

Mother had me read the beginning of Michener's Hawaii when I was a kid, but I never finished the thing, just appreciated the set-up and later saw the movie version. So far as I can recall, that's all the Michener I'd ever read until I came upon this book about the National Guard murders of students......more

A detailed compilation of interviews and pictures, storytelling and analysis of the massacre at Kent State University in 1970. I've grateful that novelist James Michener devoted the time and energy to writing this book of history, within a year of the actual event. I read a hardback copy from the pu......more

I read this book at least 40 years ago. As a teenager in the sixties I was shaped by events of the world. This book helped me to understand there is always more to a story. I loved it.......more

Date read is very approximate - picked this up in college sometime after doing a project focusing on Abbie Hoffman. Found it fascinating at the time. In 2023, read Backderf's version of the story, which calls out some of the narrative agenda in this book.......more

While perusing the list of books James Michener has written in search of a good book to read, I saw that he had written this book in the immediate aftermath of the Kent State tragedy back in 1970. I was a freshman at FSU when Kent State happened, and I was still figuring out who I was as much as wha......more