Standin' in a Hard Rain: Lessons from the Last Revolution:
The Making of a Revolutionary Life By Joel Eis
World BEYOND War is proud to be publishing this important, delightful, inciteful, and provocative new memoir!
He became one of the people his parents warned him against! …
He was followed and informed on. His phone was tapped. He was shot at,
did some time in jail, and was black listed from work. The last time he
saw his FBI file, it was as thick as a small city phone book.
Standin’ in a Hard Rain, the Making of a Revolutionary Life is
the fast-paced, personal, “boots-on-the-ground,” front line account of
major events by a dedicated radical in the 1960’s (and beyond) who found
himself at the table with the planners and out in the street, running
from the cops. It traces the difficult evolution of a
generation trying to stay true to their values in a country in which
they felt at odds. It ends with the burning of his draft card at the age
of 73.
“Joel Eis’ memoir is an amazing story. Somehow, he happened to be in the right place at the right time in the sixties. It’s the story of a left wing Forrest Gump, only it’s real!” --Will Durst
“I was spellbound by Joel Eis' Standin' in a Hard Rain from the start. Eis tells his story of what it was like to be an anti-war activist in California's Central Valley in the late 60's and early 70's. Eis makes the reader feel like they are there." --Mike Rhodes
Buy the paperback from your local bookstore. Or buy a signed copy or bulk copies at a discount from the author’s own bookstore: Rebound Bookstore in San Rafael, California.
Contact Joel Eis at [email protected]
Or buy it from Amazon, Powell’s, Barnes & Noble.
Buy the PDF from World BEYOND War here.
Or watch for the ebook in all popular formats in January 2023.
Or join a book club with the author and get a signed copy: In May 2023, World BEYOND War will be holding a weekly discussion each
of four weeks of the book “Standin’ in a Hard Rain” with the author Joel
Eis as part of a small group WBW book club limited to a group of 18
participants. Joel will send each participant a signed hardcopy of the
book or an electronic copy (your choice). We’ll let you know which parts
of the book will be discussed each week along with the Zoom details to
access the discussions. Learn more and reserve your spot here.
For much more about this book see https://worldbeyondwar.org/standin
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