{"product_id":"thumbs-up-memoir-of-a-joyful-organizer-paperback","title":"Thumbs Up: Memoir of a Joyful Organizer - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKen Wachsberger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author's journey through the seventies and beyond with the underground press, the Yippies and Zippies, his thumb, his Judaism, organic catering, community organizing, emerging technology, and Emily. A funny, insightful, always hopeful memoir of a joyful writer, editor, dishwasher, Zen phony, and legendary historian of the underground press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKen Wachsberger is the editor of the landmark four-volume Voices from the Underground Series, called \"the most important book on American journalism published in my lifetime\" by one reviewer. \u003cem\u003eThumbs Up\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of how it came to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt includes, for the first time ever, the whole story behind how \u003cem\u003eVoices from the Underground\u003c\/em\u003e exploded into existence. how the first edition was stolen from storage, and then how it reemerged as a four-volume series by Michigan State University Press and inspired the largest digital collection of underground papers ever compiled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoxanne Dunbar-Ortiz called it \"a gift, a cultural outbreak of joy in the dark time of the 1970s for our own dark time.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarvey Wasserman said it \"spins a Kerouac-worthy tale of an adventure-filled life well spent.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccording to Sean Howe. it \"explodes the notion that activism recedes with age.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e376 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 14, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47506220843186,"sku":"9780945531241","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/jEuuqv3hI9780945531241.webp?v=1779549452","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/thumbs-up-memoir-of-a-joyful-organizer-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}