Summary
‘A fascinating account… combining the rigour of the historian with the powerful emotions of someone who was a twenty-year-old student at the time’ - Uncut
It was the year of sex and drugs and rock and roll. But what impact did it have on today’s political and social landscape?
It was also the year of the Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy assassinations, the Prague Spring, the Chicago convention, the Tet offensive in Vietnam and the anti-war movement, the student rebellion t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099429623 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099429624 |
| Author: | Mark Kurlansky |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 2005 |
| Weight: | 319g |
| Dimensions: | 27mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
A riveting, evocative, entertaining read.
A riveting, evocative, entertaining read. * Observer *
Eminently readable… Will bring a flood of memories of an exceptional year in the exceptional 1960s * The Economist *
An expansive, explosive account * Esquire *
Kurlansky is a very superior journalist: diligent in his research, quirkily original in his insights, swift and clear in his storytelling. 1968 is a riveting, evocative, entertaining read * Observer *
Mark Kurlansky
Mark Kurlansky is the author of:
- Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (winner of the Glenfidish’s Best Food Book Award)
- The Basque History of the World
- Salt: A World History
- The White Man in the Tree (a short story collection)
He lives in New York City with his wife and daughter.
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