![]() ![]() “I realized that the previous decade, known for its complacency, must have had something to do with leading into that tumultuous time.” “I got the idea for the book when my kids said they wished they’d lived in an exciting time like I did in the ‘60s,” the author told me. In fact, he has pretty much ignored the arts: Rather he focuses on the challenging and controversial key movements (feminism, civil rights, ecology) of the ‘60s and then finds individuals - some better known than others -who spearheaded them in the decade before. ![]() Having grown up in that decade, I assumed his tale would take us nostalgically from Pat Boone to Elvis, and all that represented. In the last several years, he has been writing books and the latest, called “Fifties, An Underground History” intrigued me. At various times, he was the top editor at Life, Time and People. ![]() Jim Gaines is truly a legend in the world of print journalism. ![]()
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