Peace: The Biography of a Symbol (Hardcover) - $25.00
* Available April 1, 2008
| Priority Mail | |
| Quantity | Price |
| 1 Book | $7.50 |
| 2 Books | $10.50 |
| 3 Books | $12.50 |
| 4 Books | $14.50 |
| 5 Books | $16.50 |
| Book Rate Mail | |
| Quantity | Price |
| 1 Book | $3.00 |
| 2 Books | $3.50 |
| 3 Books | $4.00 |
| 4 Books | $4.50 |
| 5 Books | $5.00 |
* California Residents (only) Sales Tax 7.75%
I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.
Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862)
Saturday, September 20th, 2008
Ninth Annual Book Festival
10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Old Courthouse Square
Downtown Santa Rosa
Ken's talk at 1:00 PM
Saturday, October 25th, 1:00 PM
Palette Gallery Café
Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista Blvd.
Corte Madera, CA 94925
Ken Kolsbun has created a book that rescues from obscurity the visionary designer of the ubiquitous peace symbol, Gerald Holtom. All who feel an affinity for modern culture – and the impact one person can have – will appreciate the untold story so beautifully presented here. Ken's book, which germinated for over 40 years, offers a refreshingly and appropriately personal approach. He corresponded with the designer before he died while documenting the awesome spread of his simple yet ingenious emblem – which is now the universally recognized symbol for Peace. I am delighted that its story is finally to be told in such a colorful, popular and approachable way.
Robert P.J. Cooney, Jr., Author "Winning the Vote: The triumph of the
American Woman Suffrage Movement, A Photographic and Documentary History"
(American Graphic Press, 2005) and "The Power of the People: Active Nonviolence
in the United States".
Dear Ken,
It was a wonderful surprise to find a cardboard box on the door step with
the peace books inside! I couldn't put the book down until I had read it
from cover to cover. I was very impressed and most grateful for all that
was shown and said. Not only the fine quality of the moving photos and
illustrations but also the detailed historical facts surrounding the era
of the sixties in the USA, and the way in which it enlarges to further
social and environmental issues as well as the nuclear problem. A powerful
book that everyone should read, a book that projects a universal ideal and
a feeling that change is possible through non violent protest.
From a more personal point of view I was very touched to see the numerous
references to Gerald and felt that he has finally had the recognition that
he deserved. Thanks on his behalf.
Darius Holtom (Gerald Holtom's son)
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