In Howard Means’ fine hands, we discern how the terrible events at Kent State unfolded—relentlessly, ineluctably—like a Greek tragedy. Through dogged and imaginative reporting, 67 Shots shows us how the tragedy fed into, and was fed by, the larger maelstrom of the times. In this definitive account, Means has deftly extracted Kent State from the amber and exposed it to fresh air once again.
—Hampton Sides, author of In the Kingdom of Ice and Hellhound On His Trail
“Delightfully wry and perceptive, Means’s quest to understand Chapman/Appleseed is a captivating achievement in Americana.” Read More →