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HIPPIE WAR IBD

JONATHAN A JONES
03 / 2023
9798987429709
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Sinopsis

In the spring of 1972, the small, Missouri town of Harrisonville found itself with a hippie problem.ááHippies had settled into the town square surrounding the county courthouse.áThe group of young people included men who had recently returned from tours in Vietnam as well as high school teens who idolized these older men.áCity leaders needed to act. But how?The situation worsened to the point that one of the hippies, Charlie Simpson, would enter the square on April 21st with an M-1 carbine and murder three people before taking his own life.ááAfter the tragic shootings, the situation with the hippies did not improve.áTiring of the situation, some Harrisonville citizens formed a vigilante group to attempt to drive the hippies off the square.áThe two groups would clash in the battle of the Harrisonville Square.Through extensive research, the author, a former Harrisonville resident, tells the compelling true story of the conflict between hippie culture and polite society in the early 1970s in the small town.áHippie War:áBattle for the Harrisonville Square takes the reader on a rollercoaster journey through the genesis of the problem, the murders, and what steps were taken attempting to bring the two sides together.á

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