1968 in America: Music, Politics, Chaos, Counterculture, and the Shaping of a Generation

Charles Kaiser

Grove Press, 1988 - Counterculture - 306 pages

Charles Kaiser’s 1968 in America is widely recognized as one of the best historical accounts of the 1960s. This book devotes equal attention to the personal and the political — and speaks with authority about such diverse figures as Bob Dylan, Eugene McCarthy, Janis Joplin, and Lyndon Johnson.

Contents

• Four Democrats Three Ghosts One War: xxiii
• Blowin in the Wind: 17
• Like a Rolling Stone: 40
• Tet The Turning Point: 53
• The Truth Comes Home: 100
• The Chimes of Freedom: 124
• Tears of Rage: 144
• It Takes a Lot to Laugh It Takes a Train to Cry: 166
• Rock of Ages: 184
• Desolation Row: 209
• This Wheels on Fire: 224
• The Long and Winding Road: 239
• If Tomorrow Wasnt Such a Long Time: 248
• Acknowledgments: 251
• Notes: 255
• Index: 285

About the author

Charles Kaiser was born in Washington D.C. but was raised in several different cities throughout the world. He was schooled at Columbia University, where he later became a professor. Kaiser also taught at Princeton University and was a writer for the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Newsweek. Along with contributing articles to New York, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, The Washington Post, and The New York Observer, Kaiser wrote two books: 1968 in America and Gay Metropolis: 1940-1996.

Bibliographic information

• Title: 1968 in America: Music, Politics, Chaos, Counterculture, and the Shaping of a Generation
• Author: Charles Kaiser
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Grove Press, 1988
• ISBN: 0802135307, 9780802135308
• Length: 306 pages