Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

1968, today's authors explore a year of rebellion, revolution, and change, edited by Marc Aronson and Susan Campbell Bartoletti

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages [180-193] and index

illustrations

index present

1100L, Lexile

non fiction

1968

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edited by Marc Aronson and Susan Campbell Bartoletti

today's authors explore a year of rebellion, revolution, and change

"Nineteen sixty-eight was a pivotal year that grew more intense with each day. As thousands of Vietnamese and Americans were killed in war, students across four continents took over colleges and city streets. Assassins murdered Dr. King and Robert F. Kennedy. Demonstrators turned out in Prague and Chicago, and in Mexico City, young people and Olympic athletes protested. In those intense months, generations battled and the world wobbled on the edge of some vast change that was exhilarating one day and terrifying the next. To capture that extraordinary year, editors Marc Aronson and Susan Campbell Bartoletti created an anthology that showcases many genres of nonfiction. Some contributors use a broad canvas, others take a close look at a moment, and matched essays examine the same experience from different points of view. As we face our own moments of crisis and division, 1968 reminds us that we've clashed before and found a way forward -- and that looking back can help map a way ahead."--, Publisher's websiteAn anthology of essays that explores the tumultuous and pivotal year of 1968, when the generations clashed as thousands of Vietnamese and Americans were killed in war, assassins murdered Dr. Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy, and demonstrators turned out in cities across the globe

adolescent

Nineteen sixty-eight