![]() ![]() ![]() 1, 1969, to the Kent State shootings May 4, 1970, when four student protesters were shot and killed by members of the Ohio National Guard.ĭragonette, who lives in Chicago, is on a tour for her debut novel, and will make a stop Thursday in DeKalb for a reading and teach-in on the NIU campus.ĭragonette’s novel is semi-autobiographical, and presents a unique point of view of the war not often seen in historical retellings: a woman’s noncombat account. So said Rita Dragonette, a 1972 alumna of Northern Illinois University and author of “The Fourteenth of September.” Her new historical fiction novel details the lives of students during the war’s sixth-month period from the beginning of the draft lottery Dec. DeKALB – For students in America during the Vietnam War, the draft lottery was like “a game show of death.” ![]()
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