1968 in America: Music, Politics, Chaos, Counterculture, and the Shaping of a Generation
by Charles Kaiser
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Author: Charles KaiserEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1997-09-24
ISBN: 0802135307
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Grove Press
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Book Review: 1968 is FASCINATING.
Summary: 5 Stars
If you read this book, Kaiser creates a feeling, and a specific emotion that IS 1968.
His research is impeccable, but more than that, the book reads like a novel. He gets it. He was there. And he makes the reader feel like they are there as well.
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