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Ringolevio is a classic American story of self-invention by one of the more mysterious and alluring figures to emerge in the 1960s. Emmett Grogan grew up on New York City's mean streets, later washing up in sixties San Francisco and becoming a leader of the anarchist group known as the Diggers. The Diggers, devoted to street theater, direct action, and distributing free food, were in the thick of the legendary Summer of Love, and soon Grogan is struggling with the naive narcissism of the hippies, the marketing of revolution as a brand, dogmatic radicals, and false prophets like tripster…

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7 editions · 2 languages
  • Paperback · English · 2001
    Payback Pr · 480 pages · 9780862418939
  • Paperback · English · 1990
    Citadel Press · 532 pages · 9780806511689
  • Other · English · 2008
    Ringolevio : a life played for keeps
    New York Review Books · 512 pages · 9781590172865
  • Other · English · 1990
    Citadel Trade · 9780380015306
  • Other · English · 1974
    Penguin Random House · 576 pages · 9780586040010
  • Other · English · 1972
    Heinemann · 498 pages · 9780434305759
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