the kids who started the civil war – a true story

Category: Chapter 6

  • The First Youth Organizers

    Henry Sperry’s Engine for Generational Change.  In the days after The Hartford Courant dubs the boys the “Wide Awakes,” they feverishly race to prepare for the 9-week gubernatorial campaign. Based out of the tiny studio apartment of one of the boys, they recruit friends from work and school to join their club. Mostly in their early 20s…