1. Time It Was : American Stories From the Sixties
- Author
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Karen Manners Smith and Karen Manners Smith
- Subjects
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States--Anecdotes, Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Social aspects--Anecdotes, Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American, Nineteen sixties--Anecdotes, Social problems--United States--History--20th century--Anecdotes, Social justice--United States--History--20th century--Anecdotes
- Abstract
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.
- Published
- 2016