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Melvyn Stiriss

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New York, The United States

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http://www.voluntarypeasants.com

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Memoir, History, Ebooks

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Kerouac, James Joyce, Charles Dickens, Maxine Hong Kingston, Dostoyevs ...more

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April 2013

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A UPI reporter, Melvyn followed the 60s over the edge to live the story, seek enlightenment and build the country's biggest commune, The Farm in Tennessee. Melvyn reports behind the scenes into the 1,400-member collective, including a guru relationship with Stephen Gaskin. ...more

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	Birth of The Farm Commune (Voluntary Peasants, Part One) 3.80 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voluntary Peasants/Life Inside the Ultimate American Commune—THE FARM: Part 2: Year One—Building Community (Voluntary Peasants Labor of Love) 3.79 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voluntary Peasants, Life Inside the Ultimate American Commune—THE FARM: Part 3—Manifesting a Shared Vision (Voluntary Peasants Labor of Love) 3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voluntary Peasants/Life Inside the Ultimate American Commune—THE FARM: Part 5—Utopia Myopia, The Climax (Voluntary Peasants Labor of Love) 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Enlightenment: What's It Good For (Voluntary Peasants Prequel) 3.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voluntary Peasants/Life Inside the Ultimate American Commune—THE FARM: Part 4—Hippie Peace Corps Goes to Guatemala (Voluntary Peasants Labor of Love) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voluntary Peasants: Life Inside the Ultimate American Commune: THE FARM 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conception, Birth & Year One of The Farm Commune: A great social experiment told by a UPI reporter who followed the 60s over the edge (Voluntary Peasants Cannabis Church Commune Book 2) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voluntary Peasants Enlightenment Commune, The Farm, Year 1 (Part 2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voluntary Peasants Enlightenment Commune, Birth and Year One of The Farm (Parts 1 & 2) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Ina May’s high standards for how men should treat women, proclaiming that Farm women should hold their men to high standards and women had license to improve their men, as pertaining to grooming, cleanliness, and gentlemanly behavior. Men were expected to be graciously receptive to feedback with no grumping when asked to do a chore, because such grumping was considered male-chauvinist-pig behavior.”
― Melvyn Stiriss, Voluntary Peasants/Life Inside the Ultimate American Commune—THE FARM: Part 2: Year One—Building Community

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