Granny D: You're Never Too Old to Raise a Little Hell
 

Granny D: You're Never Too Old to Raise a Little Hell

by Doris Haddock, Dennis Burke

In February 2000, ninety-year-old Doris “Granny D” Haddock became a national heroine when she completed her 3,200-mile, fourteen-month walk from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., to bring attention to the issue of campaign finance reform.

Granny D recalls and celebrates an exuberant life of love, ac-tivism, and adventure—from one-woman feminist plays in the thirties, to stopping nuclear... (read more)

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A woman who, at age 90 walks across the country to raise awareness about the need for campaign finance reform. How's that for an inspiration? Averaging 10 miles each day, through all kinds of conditions--and still finding energy to address crowds, speak to schoolchildren, and attend political rallies! Well written combination of walk-descriptions, biographical profiles, and flashbacks to her own childhood and life--an interesting read.

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