The Emancipation of Cecily McMillan: An American Memoir

by Cecily McMillan

Book Overview

Cecily McMillan didn't come from much: she had a hardscrabble life bouncing between the members of a broken family scattered from Texas to Atlanta. Her relationship with her parents became increasingly strained, and at sixteen she was legally emancipated and taken in by a beloved teacher. She became politically active at a young age, leading walkouts against the Iraq War in high school and protesting against union busting in college. When she moved...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568585381
• ISBN13: 9781568585383
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Bold Type Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 3.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.6"