1969: The Year Everything Changed
In 1969, man landed on the moon; the “Miracle Mets” captivated sports fans; students took over college campuses and demonstrators battled police; America witnessed the Woodstock music festival; Hollywood produced Easy Rider; Kurt Vonnegut published Slaughterhouse-Five; punk music was born; and there was murder at Altamont Speedway. Compelling, timely, and a blast to read, 1969 chronicles the year in culture and society, sports, music, film, politics, and technology. This rich, comprehensive history is perfect for those who survived 1969 or for those who simply want to feel as though they did.

Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
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1969: The Year Everything Changed
In 1969, man landed on the moon; the “Miracle Mets” captivated sports fans; students took over college campuses and demonstrators battled police; America witnessed the Woodstock music festival; Hollywood produced Easy Rider; Kurt Vonnegut published Slaughterhouse-Five; punk music was born; and there was murder at Altamont Speedway. Compelling, timely, and a blast to read, 1969 chronicles the year in culture and society, sports, music, film, politics, and technology. This rich, comprehensive history is perfect for those who survived 1969 or for those who simply want to feel as though they did.

Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
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1969: The Year Everything Changed

1969: The Year Everything Changed

by Rob Kirkpatrick
1969: The Year Everything Changed

1969: The Year Everything Changed

by Rob Kirkpatrick

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In 1969, man landed on the moon; the “Miracle Mets” captivated sports fans; students took over college campuses and demonstrators battled police; America witnessed the Woodstock music festival; Hollywood produced Easy Rider; Kurt Vonnegut published Slaughterhouse-Five; punk music was born; and there was murder at Altamont Speedway. Compelling, timely, and a blast to read, 1969 chronicles the year in culture and society, sports, music, film, politics, and technology. This rich, comprehensive history is perfect for those who survived 1969 or for those who simply want to feel as though they did.

Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781626366183
Publisher: Skyhorse
Publication date: 01/24/2011
Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: eBook
Pages: 320
Sales rank: 272,733
File size: 5 MB

About the Author

About The Author
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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments iii

Select Timeline vi

Introduction to the 2019 Edition xii

Prologue: Revolution, Apocalypse, and the Birth of Modern America xx

I Winter's Children 1

1 Nixon's Coming 2

2 Something in the Air 11

3 The New Sounds 23

4 Super Jets 39

5 The American Family 48

II Revolution in Springtime 65

6 American Undressed 66

7 A Whole New Ball Game 88

8 Poison Ivy 100

9 1, 2, 3, What Are We Fighting For? 115

10 The Green Mind 123

11 Stand! 135

III The Summer of Impossible Dreams 145

12 Walking in Space 146

13 The Mists of Camelot 168

14 Shaking the Cage 180

15 West Coast Killers 194

16 An Amazin' Summer 212

17 Heaven in a Disaster Area 223

IV Autumn Apocalypse 255

18 "There Are No Words" 256

19 Nixon's War 268

20 Days of Rage 283

21 Cowboys and Indians 303

22 The Hippie Apocalypse 326

Epilogue: Future Shock-The Seventies and Beyond 350

Bibliography 359

Notes 368

Index 384

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