Silver Medalist, Historical Fiction, 2012 Independent Publishers Book Awards Gates of Eden follows a handful of young rebels as they band together to create the most powerful antiwar movement in history. From their scattered beginnings through a surge to resistance, Gates' colorful characters invite us to join them as they transform "hell no, we won't go," into a celebration of collective action, shared consciousness, sexual revolution, and the realization of their dreams.Praise for Gates of Eden... Gates of Eden is no sentimental apologia for the Sixties. It's the real deal. Charlie Degelman was there, living his life for keeps, moving at the same breakneck pace as his characters. I know. I was there with him. -- Peter Coyote, actor, author, Sleeping Where I FallDegelman's boisterous characters take us on a freewheeling ride through the Vietnam antiwar movement. Gates of Eden resonates as a new generation embarks on its own journey of resistance and rebellion. -- Eric Watson, filmmaker, Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The FountainGates of Eden is an important novel. Excellently written and profoundly moving, Degelman explores the tangled relations of a country at war -- not only in Southeast Asia but at home, with itself." -- Sharon Dilworth, author, Year of the Ginko

Gates of Eden: Volume I, The Resistance Trilogy

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Degelman, Charles

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Finalist, Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction Bronze Medal, Independent Publishers Book Awards Finalist, Foreword Reviews IndieFab Book of the Year Awards BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, May 15, 1969 -- Fiery young Gus Bessemer vows to stop the war in Vietnam. His weapon of choice? Guerrilla street theater. But when a Berkeley riot squad escalates from teargas to shotguns, Gus' defiant art attack screeches to a halt. Injured, outraged, and on the lam -- Gus splits for the Colorado Rockies to work with his hands and get his head together. Ironically, Gus' quest for inner peace brings him face-to-face with a Rocky Mountain counterculture full of colorful communards, FBI snitches, stolen dynamite, and a dead body in the National Forest. A Bowl Full of Nails offers the reader a suspense-filled tale bursting with humor, espionage, and rebellion while the author explores Gus' dance between personal demons and political resistance. [SCROLL DOWN to read Editorial Reviews for A Bowl Full of Nails.]

A Bowl Full of Nails

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Part 3 of the Resistance Trilogy, Rocked in Time brings to fruition award-winning author Charles Degelman's vision of the 60's peace movement. ROCKED IN TIME, VOL III, THE RESISTANCE TRILOGY\nRocked in Time slips behind the scenes of a blasphemous theater company hell-bent on toppling America's Vietnam-era establishment with punch lines, pratfalls, and comic rebellion. Along the way, the protagonist pursues a love for the stage and a passion for resistance amid the tear-gassed campuses and burning cities of a nation at war with itself.\nWe've heard about the generation that changed the politics and culture of the 1960s. But how did that rebellion change those who made it happen? Rocked in Time delivers that tale from a unique theatrical perspective. - Tony Kahn, writer, producer, PBS, NPR\nRocked in Time offers an openhearted, often humorous look at the collective power of the theater while a war raged, racism ruled, and the women's rights movement was still around the corner. - Laura Kern, writer, editor, New York Times, Film Comment, and Rolling Stone.

Rocked in Time

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Gates of Eden: Volume I, The Resistance Trilogy

A Bowl Full of Nails

Rocked in Time