The Wave Alphabet or a little bit of

or a little bit of both

he named himself dictator for life

Bridget wrestles the garden hose and swings from the monkey bars

This is an entertaining chronicle of one man's magnificent obsession

and a frank epilogue gives additional facts about the disaster

The Wave Alphabet or a little bit ofThe Wave is based on a true incident that occured in a high school history class in Palo Alto, California, in 1969. The powerful forces of group pressure that pervaded many historic movements such as Nazism are recreated in the classroom when history teacher Burt Ross introduces a "new" system to his students. And before long "The Wave," with its rules of "strength through discipline, community, and action, " sweeps from the classroom through the