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01873aam a2200301 4500 001 D385B74CBEB011EB8B28EDE14EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210527010010 008 210427s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 1941493289 020 $a 9781941493281 040 $d TxAuBib $d SILO 100 1 $a Hirshberg, David. 245 1 $a Jacobo's Rainbow. 264 1 $a Bedford, New York : $b Fig Tree Books, $c 2021. 300 $a 341 pages. 520 $a On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of a transformative event in Jacoboâs life the day he is sent to jail he writes about what happened behind the scenes of the Free Speech Movement which provides the backdrop for a riveting story centered on his emergence into a world he never could have imagined. His recording of those earlier events is the proximate cause of his being arrested. Jacobo is allowed to leave jail under the condition of being drafted, engages in gruesome fighting in Vietnam, and returns to continue his work of chronicling America in the throes of significant societal changes. Jacoboâs Rainbow is a story of triumph over adversity (hypocrisy, loss, lies, murder, concealment, prejudice) that is told with vivid descriptions, perceptive insights, humor and sensitivity, which enables the reader to identify with the characters who come to life in a realistic fashion to illustrate who we are, how we behave, and what causes us to change. 541 $d 20210517. 650 4 $a Nineteen-Sixties $x Fiction. 650 4 $a Student Protests $v Fiction. 650 $a College Students $x Fiction. 650 $a Political Activists $v Fiction. 650 1 $a Jews $x Fiction. 651 1 $a New Mexico $x Fiction. 941 $a 2 952 $l WKPE185 $d 20230310013815.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909064450.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D385B74CBEB011EB8B28EDE14EECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search