1969: The Year Everything Changed
(Skyhorse Publishing, January 2009)
Change is in the air. It’s the perfect time to look back to 1969, a year of landmark achievements, cataclysmic episodes, and generation-defining events.
In 1969, man landed on the moon. The Cinderella stories of Joe Namath’s Jets and the “Miracle Mets” captivated sports fans. Students across the nation took over college campuses, and demonstrators battled police in the People’s Park riots and during the “Days of Rage.” It was the year of the first artificial heart transplant and the first computer network connection. The Manson family and the cryptic Zodiac Killer terrorized the country.
In the span of twelve months, America witnessed the Woodstock music festival, Easy Rider, Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five, the Battle of Hamburger Hill, the birth of punk music, the invasion of Led Zeppelin, the occupation of Alcatraz, and death at Altamont Speedway happened. It was a year that pushed boundaries on stage (Oh! Calcutta!), screen (Midnight Cowboy), and the printed page (Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex), witnessed the genesis of the gay rights movement at Stonewall, and started the era of the “no fault” divorce. Richard Nixon became president, the New Left squared off against the Silent Majority, William Ayers co-founded the Weatherman Organization, and the nationwide Moratorium provided a unifying force in the peace movement.
Compelling, timely, and quite simply a blast to read, 1969 chronicles the year through all its ups and downs, in culture and society, sports, music, film, politics, and technology. This rich and comprehensive history is perfect for those who survived 1969, or for those who simply want to feel as alive as those who were there during this time of amazing upheaval.
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