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Time It Was : American Stories From the Sixties

Time It Was : American Stories From the Sixties

Authors :
Karen Manners Smith
Karen Manners Smith
Publication Year :
2016

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.

Details

Language :
English
ISBNs :
9780131840775, 9781138414495, 9781315509280, 9781315509273, and 9781315509297
Database :
eBook Index
Journal :
Time It Was : American Stories From the Sixties
Publication Type :
eBook
Accession number :
1409920