| One Week in America: The 1968 Notre Dame Literary Festival and a Changing Nation Contributor(s): Parr, Patrick (Author) |
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ISBN: 1641601787 ISBN-13: 9781641601788 Publisher: Chicago Review Press OUR PRICE: $25.19 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2021 |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - History | Modern - 20th Century - Literary Criticism | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 801.95 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.25 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Masterfully researched and beautifully written, One Week in America is . . . an important piece of history full of larger-than-life characters and unlikely heroes." --Jonathan Eig, author of Ali: A Life The major players in this story are names that just about every American has heard of: Ralph Ellison, Martin Luther King Jr., Norman Mailer, Lyndon B. Johnson, Joseph Heller, Kurt Vonnegut, William F. Buckley Jr. For one chaotic week in 1968, college students, talented authors, and presidential candidates grappled with major events. The result was one of the most historic literary festivals of the twentieth century One Week in America is a day-by-day narrative of the 1968 Notre Dame Sophomore Literary Festival and the national events that grabbed the spotlight that April week. On one particular week, sixties politics and literature came together on campus. |
