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In overdue 1971 John Lennon left London behind and shifted to New York, eager to join a youth movement rallying for cultural justice and a finish to the Vietnam Warfare. Lennon was quickly embraced by radicals and revolutionaries, the hippies and Yippies at chances with the establishment. Settling in Greenwich Village, the heart and soul of Manhattan's counterculture, the former Beatle was soon on the frontlines of the antiwar movement and championing a variety of triggers and issues. Seen as a savior with a generation looking for ethnic heroes, Lennon was equally passionately hounded with a government wanting to find enemies within. The FBI and White House considered Lennon a risk; an idea was devised to deport the vocalist prior to the election as a "strategic counter-measure" to preserve Richard Nixon's presidency in 1972. The Walrus and the Elephants is informed by an improbable cast of friends, including the musicians of the Elephant's Ram band, who have been among the list of few with a chance to start to see the man behind the Beatle. Exclusive interviews include writer and feminist leader Gloria Steinem; congressional dark-colored caucus cofounder Ron Dellums; "Chicago Seven" experienced Rennie Davis; immigration lawyer Leon Wildes; and renowned poet-activist John Sinclair, whose imprisonment for pot - a 10-year sentence for two joints - kicked off Lennon's American trip. It had been a busy year of making albums, controversial Tv set performances, and what would be Lennon's previous full-length concert at Madison Square Garden; it was also a time of great change in America, with lots of the confrontations that started producing in the sixties getting a finish...and the start of a new age. John Lennon fought for calmness and was treated with scorn by some, suspicion by others - including a federal government desperate to silence the vocalist. The Walrus and the Elephants is a glance back by those who fought the combat. He was a dreamer, however, not the only person.

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