{"product_id":"thumbs-up-ken-wachsberger-9780945531241","title":"Thumbs Up: Memoir of a Joyful Organizer","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ken Wachsberger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0945531249\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780945531241\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Azenphony Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001","brand":"Ken Wachsberger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47039774785791,"sku":"9780945531241","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_51cf3069-9969-42e2-94be-1c6880bb067a.jpg?v=1752752528","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/thumbs-up-ken-wachsberger-9780945531241","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}