# Hurricane Street - Hardcover

by **Ron Kovic** (Author)

"\[A\] compelling snapshot of early 1970s activism. . . . Without social media or cell phones to boost the signal, it was Kovic's flair for the dramatic and ability to marshal reporters that turned the protest into a battle victory. . . . Kovic's updates on the fates of his fellow veterans provide a memorable and bittersweet conclusion." --_Publishers Weekly_

In the spring of 1974, as the last American troops were being pulled out of Vietnam, Ron Kovic and a small group of other severely injured veterans in a California VA hospital launched the American Veterans Movement. In a phenomenal feat of political organizing, Kovic corralled his fellow AVM members into staging a sit-in, and then a hunger strike, in the Los Angeles office of Senator Alan Cranston, demanding better treatment of injured and disabled veterans.

This was a short-lived and chaotic but ultimately successful movement to improve the deplorable conditions in VA hospitals across the country. Hurricane Street is their story--one that resonates deeply today--told by Kovic in the passionate and brutally honest style that led to over one million sales of _Born on the Fourth of July_.

### Author Biography

**Ron Kovic** served two tours of duty during the Vietnam War. He was paralyzed from his chest down in combat in 1968 and has been in a wheelchair ever since. Along with Oliver Stone, Kovic was the coscreenwriter of the 1989 Academy Award-winning film based on Kovic's best-selling memoir _Born on the Fourth of July_ (starring Tom Cruise as Kovic).

**Number of Pages:** 224

**Dimensions:** 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.3 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** July 04, 2016

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