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The Woodstock Story Book by Linanne G. Sackett and Barry Z Levine, BARRY Z. LEVINE, Wavy Gravy
serenaac's review
5.0
The Woodstock Story Book by Linanne G. Sackett and Barry Z. Levine is much more than photographs of the infamous peace concert called Woodstock. It's a chronicle of the festival from its inception to its completion. Levine's images are immediate, palpable, and candid, while Sackett's storytelling is clipped, providing only the essential details readers will need to grasp the photos before them. The foreward, written by Wavy Gravy, discusses the nostalgia he felt after seeing the book in its completion, and he notes that even though the outdoor festival ended, the principals and dreams of Woodstock live on.
"People, who were called freaks because of their hair and their way of dressing, came to Woodstock and they said, 'Holy smokes. We're all freaks' and they began to embrace that term. There were a lot of people who opposed the Viet Nam War that thought they were alone. They looked around and realized that they weren't alone--that there were a half a million people who felt the same way," Wavy Gravy says in the book. (Page 3)
Through poetic lines, The Woodstock Story Book tells a lyrical account of the days leading up to the festival, the struggles with locating a large enough venue, and the community created in just a few days. The festival's stages were not even completed before the crowds started arriving.
"They Stood for their truth
and pointed out lies
They were accused of
Communist ties" (Page 40)
The Woodstock Story Book is an essential photographic history of a tumultuous time in our nation's history.
"People, who were called freaks because of their hair and their way of dressing, came to Woodstock and they said, 'Holy smokes. We're all freaks' and they began to embrace that term. There were a lot of people who opposed the Viet Nam War that thought they were alone. They looked around and realized that they weren't alone--that there were a half a million people who felt the same way," Wavy Gravy says in the book. (Page 3)
Through poetic lines, The Woodstock Story Book tells a lyrical account of the days leading up to the festival, the struggles with locating a large enough venue, and the community created in just a few days. The festival's stages were not even completed before the crowds started arriving.
"They Stood for their truth
and pointed out lies
They were accused of
Communist ties" (Page 40)
The Woodstock Story Book is an essential photographic history of a tumultuous time in our nation's history.
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