Time It Was: American Stories from the Sixties

by Karen Manners Smith (Co Editor), Tim Koster (Co-editor)

What was it like to live through the Sixties? The writers of these 27 memoirs offer the essence of life and youth in the period. In first-person narratives that range from poignant reminiscences to dramatic adventures, the writers convey what it felt like to land a helicopter in the middle of a firefight in Vietnam, to be beaten and jailed for trying to integrate restaurants in the American South, to run for cover when soldiers opened fire on a campus peace rally in Ohio. Other stories describe the writers' experiences organizing farm workers with Cesar Chavez, campaigning to elect Barry Goldwater, striking for Free Speech at Berkeley, living in a commune, joining the women's liberation movement, becoming caught up in a religious cult, or camping in the rain at Woodstock.

442 pages, Paperback

First published April 23, 2007

Reviews

[Dana]

This is a must-read book of memoirs from the sixties. They're the stories of ordinary people in extraordinary situations, and they will move you, transport you and make you wonder where this idealism and passion has gone.