One Week in America
The 1968 Notre Dame Literary Festival and a Changing Nation
Published on 2. March 2021
292 pages
978-1-64160-181-8 (ISBN)
Description
"e;Masterfully researched and beautifully written, One Week in America is . . . an important piece of history full of larger-than-life characters and unlikely heroes."e; -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 centuryOne 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.
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Content
- Front Cover
- Front Flip
- Title Page
- Half Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Prologue: How to Create a Festival with Only $2.72
- Schedule: The Week That Was: March 31-April 6, 1968
- 1. Sunday, March 31, 1968: A White Flag of Celebration
- 2. Monday, April 1, 1968: The Loner and the Noisemaker
- 3. Tuesday, April 2, 1968: A World Premiere in Middle America
- 4. Wednesday, April 3, 1968: A Hawk and a Dove Soar Below a Mountaintop
- 5. Thursday, April 4, 1968: The Death of a King and the Life of a Millionaire
- 6. Friday, April 5, 1968: The Fallout of a Nation
- 7. Saturday, April 6, 1968: The Beginning of the End
- Epilogue: How John Mroz Turned Out
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Back Flip: About the Author
- Back Cover
