A hard rain : America in the 1960s, our decade of hope, possibility, and innocence lost /
Frye Gaillard has given us a deeply personal history, bringing his keen storyteller's eye to this pivotal time in American life. He explores the competing story arcs of tragedy and hope through the political and social movements of the times, civil rights, Black Power, Women's Liberation,...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Montgomery :
NewSouth Books,
[2018]
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| Summary: | Frye Gaillard has given us a deeply personal history, bringing his keen storyteller's eye to this pivotal time in American life. He explores the competing story arcs of tragedy and hope through the political and social movements of the times, civil rights, Black Power, Women's Liberation, the Vietnam War and the protests against it. But he also examines the cultural manifestations of change, music, literature, art, religion and science, and so we meet not only the Brothers Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, but also Gloria Steinem, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Harper Lee, Mister Rogers, Rachel Carson, James Baldwin, Andy Warhol, Billy Graham, Thomas Merton, George Wallace, Richard Nixon, Angela Davis, Barry Goldwater, the Beatles, Bob Dylan and the Berrigan Brothers. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 687 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781588383440 158838344X |