American Mavericks, Mystics and Misfits (10 Weeks)
W 2021

Description

In this stressful era, with uncomfortable government imposed health regulations and protestors marching on civic centers, I think an SDG on dissent in America would be very timely. There is a newly published book to serve as a perfect core book which author Arthur Hoyle has entitled  MAVERICKS,MYSTICS, AND MISFITS  -- AMERICANS AGAINST THE GRAIN . Hoyle supplies a gripping story of the lives of twelve people , from the earliest days of the country  to the present, who each in their own way have challenged and enriched the lives they were born into, some more publicly, some more privately, some through the arts. They have helped establish an American tradition for the sometimes conflicting voices of cooperation and the individual pursuing personal rights.  In so doing they have made important contributions to the culture and history of their times. Come join us in this celebration of their gifts.

Weekly Topics

 Week 1           Roger Williams  The First American   1603-1683 (Chapter 1, 24 pages)

Week  2          Anne Bradstreet  The First American Poet   1612-1672 (Chapter 2, 20 pages)

Week  3          Thomas Paine  The Voice of Revolution   1737-1809 (Chapter 3, 32  pages)

Week  4          Josiah Gregg   A Wanderer on the Prairie   1806-1850 (Chapter 4, 30 pages)

Week  5          William and Ellen Craft  Runaways to Freedom  W 1824-1900  E 1826-1897 (Chapter 5, 28 pages)

Week  6          Thorstein Veblen   An Adam Longing for Eden  1857-1929 (Chapter 6, 28 pages)

Week 7           Thomas Merton  The Restless Hermit   1915-1968 (Chapter 7, 32 pages)

Week 8           Brummett Echohawk   Plains Warrior  1922-2006 (Chapter 8, 24 pages)

Week 9           Judith Baca    Chicana  Muralist     1946- (Chapter 9, 20 pages)

Week 10         Warren Brush and Cynthia Harvan-Brush   Revolution from the Ground Up    W  1965-   C 1969- (Chapter 10, 22 pages)


Bibliography

Hoyle, Arthur  (core book)  Mavericks, Mystics, and Misfits: Americans Against the Grain, Sunbury Press Inc., 2020