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Time It Was : American Stories From the Sixties
Time It Was : American Stories From the Sixties
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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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.
- 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
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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