Photographs of My Father

Photographs of My Father by Paul Spike. Published by Alfred A Knopf, New York, NY, 1973. 1st Stated Edition. Hardbound, Paper DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine in Chipped DJ. 259 Pgs. ISBN 0394473345. LCCN 72-11042. This is the story of Rev Robert Spike and his son, one growing up, one murdered. Rev Spike, an important white man among the leadership of the black civil rights movement during the early sixties, he played a prominent role in the march on Washington and in the passage of the Civil Rights Bill of 1964. He was bludgeoned to death in Columbus, OH, his murder unsolved. The son's coming of age was typical of the sixties generation: sex, drugs, identity crisis, and radical politics. In this honest and searching book, ason tries to understand his father's murder as part of the American chaos, and most deeply as it affected him and his family. Illustrated, obviously, with black and white photos. Description text copyright 2009 BooksForComfort. Item ID 19520.