" My goodness, so much happened in this year and this brings it all back. The stories are amazing and it gives you a great understanding of a historic time. Really captures the time and shows the relation between all these different revolts. " This is one of the best books I have ever read.
Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:. Great book, especially for anyone around in '68!" I graduated with Rich Daley (the recently retired mayor of Chicago), although he from law school, while I was completing my BA after 8 years of night school. I had successfully dodged the draft (which was a big deal in 1968, especially for me and Mitt), by keeping up (barely) with deferments due to school, marriage and finally fatherhood. I did not pay much attention at the time, but wow - should have been more alert. Turns out there was a whole lot of other stuff going on too. I was making a pretty good salary for the day at my new job (17,000 - equiv of about 130,000 today) and spent most of the year showing Armour and Co. I was promoted to be the IT director at the largest packing plant in the country (St.Paul, MN). "In 1968 (at age 27) I graduated from DePaul, Beth gave birth to our third son, Mark. But above all, he gives a new insight into the underlying causes of the unique historical phenomenon that was the year 1968. 
Whether through youth and music, politics and war, economics and the media, Mark Kurlansky shows how 12 volatile months transformed who we were as a people. In many ways, this momentous year led us to where we are today.
In this monumental new book, award-winning author Mark Kurlansky has written his most ambitious work to date: a singular and ultimately definitive look at a pivotal moment in history.
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