DANCE THE EAGLE TO SLEEP

by Marge Piercy ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 23, 1970

Breaking Camp (1968), Going Down: Fast (1969), putting out and stomping noisily through the suburbs of Woodstock are a group of the young who organize a New Nation--Indians, named after their mixed-blooded leader Corey. With him is Shawn, former rock singer; Joanna, in and out of heat; Ginny, a black; and the ex-middle class misfits they organize in communes from New Jersey to the Catskills (even killing one of their apostates). Before it's over they run into the ""big action"" and while Corey goes to his death willingly, two are left to attend Ginny in a nativity scene which presumably corroborates the keeping of the faith. These youngsters fully know the danger of ""their jargon and slogans (which) isolated them. It was a drag to talk to people who did not share your assumptions"" not to mention the whole ecology of hairy protest. Even if these ""children of the print-out, children of the death ray, of the comic book and the Pentagon"" may be dying for your sins.

Pub Date: Oct. 23, 1970

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Doubleday

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1970

Categories: FICTION