Start by marking 67 shots kent state and the end of american innocence as want to read 67 shots kent state and the end of american innocence by howard means 387 rating details 383 ratings 99 reviews at midday on may 4 1970 after three days of protests several thousand students and the ohio national guard faced off at opposite ends of the grassy campus commons at . 67 shots written 46 years after the kent state massacre is by far the best researched and best written account i have read mr means has also looked back from at what the those times were all about then and what the kent state situation means historically in the big picture looking back over all these years. 67 shots one of several recent books about the 1970 killings on the kent state university campus in ohio has much to recommend howard means a retired columnist has written a lively and generally reliable account of the shootings that convulsed the nation in the wake of the april 1970 invasion of cambodia by the united states. Howard means is the author or co author of ten books most recently 67 shots kent state and the end of american innocence da capo 2016 hailed by the christian science monitor as one of the most heartbreaking books in memory 67 shots is being developed as a feature length film by everyman pictures jay roach and little stranger picture tina fey jeff richmond