{"product_id":"book-k08m","title":"Pirates of Sausalito","description":"\u003cp\u003eImagine Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test meets Murder, She Wrote.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne part hippies grooving on the waterfront and fighting the man, one part murder mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt’s the 1970s, and the “houseboat wars” erupt in Sausalito on the site of Marinship, the abandoned World War II shipyard. Hippies and squatters are living free and easy on houseboats in a ramshackle shantytown, and greedy developers are determined to evict them and build new docks to attract affluent residents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe counterculture is in full flower and the houseboaters, fearing their community will be destroyed, resist eviction with street theater, civil disobedience, monkeywrenching, and more. Like climbing into dinghies and pushing away police boats with oars. Like sinking a barge to block a pile driver. All in front of TV cameras!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, someone gets stabbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePirates of Sausalito is fiction, but inspired by true events. As Larry Clinton, former president of the Sausalito Historical Society, said, “If it didn't happen exactly this way, it could have.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Author's Republic","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49396278591792,"sku":"BDk08m","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/661069-k08m-Square.jpg?v=1735426494","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-k08m","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}