Bibliograph

1968, Today's Authors Explore a Year of Rebellion, Revolution, and Change., Marc Aronson

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1968, Today's Authors Explore a Year of Rebellion, Revolution, and Change., Marc Aronson

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

1968

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Marc Aronson

Sub title

Today's Authors Explore a Year of Rebellion, Revolution, and Change.

Summary

Welcome to 1968 — a revolution in a book. Essays, memoirs, and more by fourteen award-winning authors offer unique perspectives on one of the world's most tumultuous years.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.With contributions by:Jennifer AnthonyMarc AronsonSusan Campbell BartolettiLoree Griffin BurnsPaul FleischmanOmar FiguerasLaban Carrick HillMark KurlanskyLenore LookDavid LubarKate MacMillanKekla MagoonJim MurphyElizabeth Partridge

Target audience

juvenile

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Creator