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100 Days

Name: 100 Days
Brand: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
SKU: 9781538125915
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ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERSISBN: 9781538125915

How Four Events in 1969 Shaped America

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By Harlan Lebo
Imprint: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Release Date: October 14, 2019
Format: HARDBACK
Dimensions: 239 x 159 mm
Weight: 730 g
Pages: 368

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Some events that transform a nation are frozen in time. Others pass with little public awareness and we only appreciate their momentous nature long after they occurred. Regardless, these events are few and-almost always-far between. But 50 years ago, in 1969, four such events took place within the span of only 100 days. In this book, cultural historian Harlan Lebo looks back at the first Moon landing, Manson family murders, Woodstock, and the birth of the Internet to tell the story of how each event shaped the nation and how we perceive ourselves. Loaded with captivating anecdotes and insights based on extensive interviews to provide historical insight and contemporary context, 100 Days will fascinate readers who seek a deeper appreciation of how four seemingly unrelated events captured America's emergence as the nation we have become.

Four events that shaped America, with only 100 days from first to last

Author's Note

Part I: Moon

Chapter 1: Challenging the Impossible

Chapter 2: More than Bold Predictions

Chapter 3: That Irresistible Charisma

Chapter 4: The Sight of Whizzing Flashes

Chapter 5: Beep

Chapter 6: A Dull Thud

Chapter 7: Three Steps ahead of a Pack of Hounds

Chapter 8: No Choice but to be Pioneers

Chapter 9: Go

Chapter 10: A Magnificent Sight

Chapter 11: A Sense of Possibilities

Counterculture

Part II: Manson

Chapter 12: Like Moths to a Flame

Chapter 13: Mesmerized

Chapter 14: A Carnival Ride to the Apocalypse

Part III: Woodstock

Chapter 15: Grasshoppers in the Grain Fields

Chapter 16: Overtaken by the Feeling

Chapter 17: Coming from a Dream

Part IV: Internet

Chapter 18: Color and Flash

Chapter 19: LO

Chapter 20: How to Move the World from the Right Place

Chapter 21: Gaining Momentum

Chapter 22: On Hold

Chapter 23: Pumpkins and Mice

Chapter 24: All the Heavy Lifting

Chapter 25: Dissolving Containers

Epilogue

Acknowledgements

Resources

Bibliography

Notes

About the Author

Contents Four events that shaped America, with only 100 days from first to last Author's Note Part I: Moon Chapter 1: Challenging the Impossible Chapter 2: More than Bold Predictions Chapter 3: That Irresistible Charisma Chapter 4: The Sight of Whizzing Flashes Chapter 5: Beep Chapter 6: A Dull Thud Chapter 7: Three Steps ahead of a Pack of Hounds Chapter 8: No Choice but to be Pioneers Chapter 9: Go Chapter 10: A Magnificent Sight Chapter 11: A Sense of Possibilities Counterculture Part II: Manson Chapter 12: Like Moths to a Flame Chapter 13: Mesmerized Chapter 14: A Carnival Ride to the Apocalypse Part III: Woodstock Chapter 15: Grasshoppers in the Grain Fields Chapter 16: Overtaken by the Feeling Chapter 17: Coming from a Dream Part IV: Internet Chapter 18: Color and Flash Chapter 19: "LO" Chapter 20: How to Move the World from the Right Place Chapter 21: Gaining Momentum Chapter 22: On Hold Chapter 23: Pumpkins and Mice Chapter 24: All the Heavy Lifting Chapter 25: Dissolving Containers Epilogue Acknowledgements Resources Bibliography Notes About the Author

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