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Author:

Corrigan, Jim.

Title:

The 1960s decade in photos : love, freedom, and flower power / Jim Corrigan.

Publisher:

Enslow Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

64 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States--History--1961-1969--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
History, Modern--20th century--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Nineteen sixties--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Welcome to the 1960s -- U.S. spy plane shot down -- JFK is elected president -- First human in space -- Bay of Pigs Invasion -- U.S. troops go to Vietnam -- The "Rat Pack" entertains America -- The Cuban Missile Crisis -- JFK is assassinated -- President's assassin is murdered -- The British invasion of rock music -- Civil Rights Movement succeeds -- Tragedy in the space race -- Six-day war rocks the Middle East -- Boxing champ fights controversy -- The Tet Offensive shocks Americans -- Famous leaders assassinated -- Soviet tanks crush the Prague Spring -- Here come the hippies -- Humans set foot on the moon -- Looking ahead.

Summary:

"Middle school readers will find out about the important world, national, and cultural developments of the decade 1960-1969"--Provided by publisher.

Series:

Amazing decades in photos

ISBN:

0766031357 (lib. bdg.)
9780766031357 (lib. bdg.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)261404120

LCCN:

2008042996

Locations:

SUPC124 -- Aplington Legion Memorial Library (Aplington)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

AHPD597 -- Chariton Public Library (Chariton)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

KQPC446 -- Winfield Public Library (Winfield)