19 stories about the Ravings of wild Americans, from the 1700s until today--all based on real events: a man runs for President from a federal jail cell; a Congressman defends assault weapons after a school shooting; communist conspiracies end the career of a brilliant atomic scientist; a Rock 'N Roll legend asks the government for a narcotics agent badge; Naval officials prepare an elaborate plan to herd Japanese Americans into work camps; a federal lawmaker is blackmailed over alleged visits to a homosexual nightclub; a President threatens to draft union members into the Army if they go on strike; a famous car manufacturer rents a ship of fools to find world peace; a gay psychiatrist is forced to disguise himself as Richard Nixon. Ravings is a quirky journey down dark paths of American history, with glimpses of political controversies still in today's news, ffom immigration to assault weapons.
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