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