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b'*The Walrus and the Elephants: John Lennon\'s Years of Revolution,\\xa0James A. Mitchell.\\n\\nIn late 1971 John Lennon left London and pop stardom behind and moved to New York City, eager to join a youth movement rallying\\xa0for social justice and an end to the Vietnam War. Lennon was embraced by radicals and\\xa0revolutionaries, the hippies and Yippies at odds with the establishment. Settling in Greenwich Village, the former Beatle was soon on the front lines of the antiwar movement, championing causes and inspiring solidarity\\u2014and suspicion. Seen as a savior by a generation in need of cultural heroes,\\xa0Lennon was just as passionately hounded by a government anxious to silence enemies within its borders.The Walrus and the Elephants\\xa0is told by the unlikely cast of friends, among them the members of\\xa0Elephant\'s Memory,\\xa0who were some of the few who got to know the man behind the Beatle. Exclusive interviews include writer\\xa0and feminist leader Gloria Steinem; Congressional Black Caucus cofounder Ron Dellums; "Chicago Seven"\\xa0veteran Rennie Davis; immigration attorney Leon Wildes; and legendary poet-activist John Sinclair, whose\\xa0imprisonment for marijuana\\u2014ten years for two joints\\u2014kicked off Lennon\'s American journey.\\xa0It was a busy year of making music and controversial TV appearances, allies and enemies. It was a time of great change in America, one that saw the end of the movements of the sixties, the beginning of a new era.\\xa0The Walrus and the Elephants\\xa0is a look back at that time and at the John Lennon who joined the revolution, through the eyes of those who dreamed, rallied, and fought alongside him.'