Tales of Wo-Chi-Ca: Blacks, Whites and Reds at Camp - Hardcover

Levine, June; Gordon, Gene

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0971743509 ISBN 13: 9780971743502

Publisher: Avon Springs Press, 2002

Synopsis

The history of a legendary left-wing summer camp for kids in New Jersey. Founded during the Great Depression, the WOrkers CHildren's CAmp flourished for twenty years. Paul Robeson was the camp's great hero and visited often. During the height of the Cold War Wo-Chi-Ca was forced to fold its tents forever, done in by a virulent combination of McCarthyism and polio.

About this title

About the Author:

June Levine attended Wo-Chi-Ca for eight years as camper and staff member. Gene Gordon participated in the Great Peace March for Nuclear Disarmament, a nine-month, 3,700 walk across the United States in 1986.

Review:

... a much-needed record that will become part of the permanent record of the cultural achievement of the US left. -- MARK SOLOMON, author of

...a wonderfully affectionate history of a uniquely American place where ideals were put into action. -- BLACK OAK BOOKS, BERKELEY

...scores of fond remembrances in this wonderfully affectionate history of a uniquely American place where ideals were put into action. -- Black Oak Books, Berkeley

A delight! -- THE NATION

Struggle for racial equality, search for a social utopia... A work of art. The stories brought me to tears. -- Violet Crabtree

Wonderful! A fantastic job in putting together the history and the stories. -- PAUL C. MISHLER author of

About this edition

• Publisher: Avon Springs Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0971743509
• ISBN 13: 9780971743502
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 235