| Time It Was: American Stories from the Sixties Contributor(s): Smith, Karen Manners (Author), Koster, Tim (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138414492 ISBN-13: 9781138414495 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $228.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 973.9 |
| Physical Information: 462 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 1960's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What was it like to live through the Sixties? The writers of these 27 memoirs offer the essence of life and youth in the period. In first-person narratives that range from poignant reminiscences to dramatic adventures, the writers convey what it felt like to land a helicopter in the middle of a firefight in Vietnam, to be beaten and jailed for trying to integrate restaurants in the American South, to run for cover when soldiers opened fire on a campus peace rally in Ohio. Other stories describe the writers' experiences organizing farm workers with Cesar Chavez, campaigning to elect Barry Goldwater, striking for Free Speech at Berkeley, living in a commune, joining the women's liberation movement, becoming caught up in a religious cult, or camping in the rain at Woodstock. |