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