Dreams Die Hard: Three Men's Journey through the Sixties

Dreams Die Hard: Three Men's Journey through the Sixties

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Dreams Die Hard: Three Men's Journey Through the '60s



Dreams Die Hard is an autobiographical book by David V. Harris, a prominent anti-Vietnam War activist. It chronicles the experiences of three men--Harris, Allard K. Lowenstein & Dennis Sweeney--amid the political & social tumult of the '60s, as well as the aftermath of these experiences. Specifically, paranoid schizophrenia & two decades of accumulated disillusionment & homophobia eventually led Sweeney to murder Lowenstein. One-term Congressman Lowenstein--"the world's oldest student activist"--had, by his 50s, lived decades in various political arenas. From the Mississippi Freedom Summer project in the deep south, to the Dump Johnson campaign of '68, 'Allard' was well-connected in liberal circles. Most likely bisexual before the word was current, Lowenstein's sexual orientation reappears throughout the book & serves as one of many connections between the major figures. Harris' detailed & historical narration--written in an attempt to explain the lives of each of them--discusses how the three activists began their affiliations at Stanford & continued thru the turbulent decade. The book's connection with the university has led to its being included in Stanford's history curriculum.