1969
The Year Everything Changed
Published on 7. May 2019
360 pages
978-1-5107-4314-4 (ISBN)
Description
FEATURING A NEW INTRODUCTION, THIS IS THE SEMINAL AND CLASSIC BOOK ON THE YEAR THAT DEFINED A GENERATION!
1969. The very mention of this year summons indelible memories. Woodstock and Altamont. Charles Manson and the Zodiac Killer. The televised events of the moon landing and Ted Kennedy's address after Chappaquiddick. The Amazin' Mets and Broadway Joe's Jets. The Stonewall Riots and the Days of Rage. Americans pushed new boundaries on stage, screen, and the printed page. The first punk and metal albums hit the airwaves. Swinger culture became chic. The Santa Barbara oil slick and Cuyahoga River fire highlighted growing ecological devastation. The nationwide Moratorium and the breaking story of the My Lai massacre inspired impassioned debate on the Vietnam War. Richard Nixon spoke of "The Silent Majority" while John and Yoko urged us to "Give Peace a Chance." In this rich and comprehensive narrative, Rob Kirkpatrick chronicles an unparalleled year in American society in all its explosive ups and downs.
1969. The very mention of this year summons indelible memories. Woodstock and Altamont. Charles Manson and the Zodiac Killer. The televised events of the moon landing and Ted Kennedy's address after Chappaquiddick. The Amazin' Mets and Broadway Joe's Jets. The Stonewall Riots and the Days of Rage. Americans pushed new boundaries on stage, screen, and the printed page. The first punk and metal albums hit the airwaves. Swinger culture became chic. The Santa Barbara oil slick and Cuyahoga River fire highlighted growing ecological devastation. The nationwide Moratorium and the breaking story of the My Lai massacre inspired impassioned debate on the Vietnam War. Richard Nixon spoke of "The Silent Majority" while John and Yoko urged us to "Give Peace a Chance." In this rich and comprehensive narrative, Rob Kirkpatrick chronicles an unparalleled year in American society in all its explosive ups and downs.
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Rob Kirkpatrick is a literary agent, editor, and author. He is the author of Magic in the Night: The Words and Music of Bruce Springsteen and Cecil Travis of the Washington Senators, and the editor of The Quotable Sixties. His creative writing has been published by Aethlon and Slow Trains. He has published the books of many well-known authors.
Content
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Selected Timeline
- Introduction to the 2019 Edition
- Prologue: Revolution, Apocalypse, and the Birth of Modern America
- I. WINTER'S CHILDREN
- 1. Nixon's Coming
- 2. Something in the Air
- 3. The New Sounds
- 4. Super Jets
- 5. The American Family
- II. REVOLUTION IN SPRINGTIME
- 6. America Undressed
- 7. A Whole New Ball Game
- 8. Poison Ivy
- 9. 1, 2, 3, What Are We Fighting For?
- 10. The Green Mind
- 11. Stand!
- III. THE SUMMER OF IMPOSSIBLE DREAMS
- 12. Walking in Space
- 13. The Mists of Camelot
- 14. Shaking the Cage
- 15. West Coast Killers
- 16. An Amazin' Summer
- 17. Heaven in a Disaster Area
- IV. AUTUMN APOCALYPSE
- 18. "There Are No Words"
- 19. Nixon's War
- 20. Days of Rage
- 21. Cowboys and Indians
- 22. The Hippie Apocalypse
- Epilogue: Future Shock-The Seventies and Beyond
- Bibliography
- Notes
- Index
