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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
And His Times:
20th
Century America and
The World in the
Early 1960s
BOOKS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADES AND BEYOND
JFK PRESIDENCY / JFK BIOGRAPHY
The words of three powerful brothers—men united
not just by family ties but by a tradition of inspiring
service that continues today with their children and
grandchildren. Words which have united a nation,
inspired generations to take up the very best and
most honorable of causes, and pushed individuals
to do and be and give their best.
The anchor of The O'Reilly Factor recounts in
gripping detail the brutal murder of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy—and how a sequence of
gunshots on a Dallas afternoon not only killed a
beloved president but also sent the nation into
the cataclysmic division of the Vietnam War
and its culture-changing aftermath.
Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot
by Bill O’Reilly
9780805096668 HC
$28.00
The Dream That Will Not Die:
Inspiring Words of John,
Robert, and Edward Kennedy
by Brian M. Thomsen
9780765328403 TP
$17.99
The Letters of John F. Kennedy
edited by Martin Sandler
9781608192717 HC (Pub: 10/29/13)
$30.00
Dear Mrs. Kennedy
by Jay Mulvaney
9780312386153 HC $19.99
Drawn from more than two million letters on file at
the Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum--
many never before published--this project presents
readers with a portrait of both Kennedy the
politician and Kennedy the man, as well as the times
he lived in.
From the bestselling author of Kennedy
Weddings and Diana and Jackie comes a
powerful and moving collection of the
condolence letters Jacqueline Kennedy
received after the assassination of John F.
Kennedy
John F. Kennedy: The
American Presidents Series
by Alan Brinkley
9780805083491 HC
$23.00
The young president who brought vigor and glamour to
the White House while he confronted cold war crises
abroad and calls for social change at home. Brinkley
gives us a full picture of the man, his times, and his
enduring legacy.
The Kennedy Half-Century
by Larry J. Sabato
978-1620402801 HC (Pub: 10/22/13)
$28.00
An original and illuminating narrative revealing
John F. Kennedy’s lasting influence on America,
by the acclaimed political analyst Larry J. Sabato.
Capturing Camelot: Stanley
Tretick's Iconic Images of the
Kennedys
By Kitty Kelley
9780312643423 HC
$29.99
Accompanied by an insightful, heartwarming essay
from Kitty Kelley--Tretick's close friend--about the
relationship between the photographer and
JFK, Capturing Camelot includes some of the most
memorable images of America's Camelot and brings to
life the uniquely hopeful historical era from which it
emerged.
MUSIC AND ART / POP CULTURE OF THE 1960s
How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin
by Leslie Woodhead
9781608196142 HC $26.00
The improbable, irresistible story of how the
music of the Beatles helped bring down the
Soviet Union—plus eight never-before-seen
photos of the Beatles from 1963.
Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions
by Clinton Heylin
9780312150679 TP $17.99
Clinton Heylin has devoted his career to Bob
Dylan's work and presents here a
comprehensive study of all of Dylan's
recording sessions.
When We Get to Surf City: A
Journey Through America in
Pursuit of Rock and Roll,
Friendship, and Dreams
by Bob Greene
9780312376918 TP $18.99
Bob Greene has stepped into a universe that is hiding in
plain sight: the touring world of the great early rock
bands who gave America the car-radio-and-jukebox
music it still loves best.
Magical Mystery Tours: My
Life with the Beatles
by Tony Bramwell with
Rosemary Kingsland
9780312330446 TP
$18.99
Bramwell’s story has been sought after for years,
and now, here it is, full of untold stories and
detailing with an insider's shrewd eye the Apple
empire's incomparable rise, Brian Epstein's frolics,
Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters, Phil Spector's
eccentric behavior, and new stories about Yoko
Ono, the Stones, and the life--his life.
The Wrecking Crew: The
Inside Story of Rock and Roll's
Best-Kept Secret
by Kent Hartman
9780312619749 HC $25.99
9781250030467 TP $15.99
Mining invaluable interviews, the author follows the
careers of such session masters as drummer Hal Blaine
and keyboardist Larry Knechtel, as well as trailblazing
bassist Carol Kaye—the only female in the bunch—who
went on to play in thousands of recording sessions in this
rock history.
The Sixties
by Jenny Diski
9780312427214 TP
$14.00
A brilliant, alternative take on sixties swinging
London, Jenny Diski offers radical
reconsiderations of the social, political, and
personal meaning of that turbulent era.
HISTORY / POLITICS IN THE KENNEDY ERA
America's Rasputin: Walt
Rostow and the Vietnam War by David Milne
9780374531621 TP
$22.00
David Milne examines one man’s impact on the United
States’ worst-ever military defeat. It is a portrait of
good intentions and fatal misjudgments. A true
ideologue, Rostow believed that it is beholden upon the
United States to democratize other nations and do
“good,” no matter what the cost. America’s Rasputin
explores the consequences of this idealistic but
unyielding dogma.
Lyndon Johnson's War:
America's Cold War Crusade in
Vietnam, 1945-1968
by Michael H. Hunt
9780809016044 TP
$14.00
Using newly available documents from both
American and Vietnamese archives, Hunt
reinterprets the values, choices,
misconceptions, and miscalculations that
shaped the long process of American
intervention in Southeast Asia, and renders
more comprehensible--if no less troubling--the
tangled origins of the war.
Dirty Little Secrets of the Vietnam War by James F. Dunnigan
9780312252823 TP
$19.99
Dirty Little Secrets of the Vietnam War allows us to
see what really happened to American forces in
Southeast Asia, separating popular myth from
explosive reality in a clear, concise manner.
Kill Anything That Moves:
The Real American War in
Vietnam
by Nick Turse
9780805086911 HC
$30.00
Drawing on more than a decade of research in
secret Pentagon files and extensive interviews
with American veterans and Vietnamese
survivors, Turse reveals for the first time how
official policies resulted in millions of
innocent civilians killed and wounded.
Stalking the Red Bear: The True
Story of a U.S. Cold War
Submarine's Covert Operations
Against the Soviet Union
by Peter Sasgen
9780312605537 TP
$16.99
Stalking the Red Bear, for the first time ever, describes
the action principally from the perspective of a
commanding officer of a nuclear submarine during the
Cold War taking readers closer to the Soviet target than
any work on submarine espionage has ever done
before.
The Hawk and the Dove: Paul
Nitze, George Kennan, and
the History of the Cold War
by Nicholas Thompson
9780312658861 TP
$17.00
A brilliant and revealing biography of the two
most important Americans during the Cold War
era—written by the grandson of one of them.
The Cold War: A History
by Martin Walker
9780805034547 TP
$19.00
“The history of the Cold War has been the history of the
world since 1954." So begins this wide-ranging
narrative by an award-winning political commentator,
which is the first major study of the Cold War. Now that
it is over, it is crucial to our future to understand how
the Cold War has shaped us and, especially, to
recognize it as the economic and political dynamic that
determined the structure of today's global economy.
The Vietnam War: A
Graphic History
by Dwight Jon Zimmerman
9780809094950 HC
$19.95
Through beautifully rendered artwork, The Vietnam
War: A Graphic History depicts the course of the
war from its initial expansion in the early 1960s
through the evacuation of Saigon in 1975, and what
transpired at home, from the antiwar movement and
the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin
Luther King Jr. to the Watergate break-in and the
resignation of a president.
For the Soul of Mankind: The
United States, the Soviet
Union, and the Cold War
by Melvyn P.Leffler
9780374531423 TP
$21.00
Melvyn P. Leffler hones in on four crucial episodes
when American and Soviet leaders considered
modulating, avoiding, or ending hostilities and asks
why they failed.
The Age of Great Dreams:
America in the 1960s
by David Farber
9780809015672 TP
$17.95
In this book, David Farber grounds our
understanding of the extraordinary history of the
1960s by linking the events of that era to our
country's grand projects of previous decades.
Escape from Saigon: How a
Vietnam War Orphan Became
an American Boy
by Andrea Warren
9780374400231 TP
$11.99
This affecting true account tells the story of Long, who, like
more than 40,000 other orphans, is Amerasian -- a mixed-
race child -- with little future in Vietnam. Escape from
Saigon allows readers to experience Long's struggle to
survive in war-torn Vietnam, his dramatic escape to
America as part of "Operation Babylift" during the last
chaotic days before the fall of Saigon, and his life in the
United States as "Matt," part of a loving Ohio family.
SCIENCE / HISTORY / BIOGRAPHY OF THE TIMES
Two Sides of the Moon: Our Story of
the Cold War Space Race
by David Scott
9780312308667 TP
$19.99
In this dual autobiography, Apollo 15 commander David
Scott and cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, the first man to ever
walk in space, recount their exceptional lives and careers
spent on the cutting edge of science and space
exploration—and their participation in the greatest
technological race ever—to land a man on the Moon.
Carrying the Fire: An
Astronaut's Journeys
by Michael Collins
9780374531942 TP
$17.00
The years that have passed since Neil Armstrong,
Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins piloted the
Apollo 11 spacecraft to the moon in July 1969 have
done nothing to alter the fundamental wonder of the
event: man reaching the moon remains one of the
great events—technical and spiritual—of our
lifetime. In this remarkable book, Michael Collins
conveys, in a very personal way, the drama, beauty,
and humor of that adventure.
The Last Man on the Moon:
Astronaut Eugene Cernan and
America's Race in Space
by Eugene Cernan
9780312199067 HC $25.95
9780312263515 TP $16.99
Written with New York Times bestselling author Don
Davis, this is the astronaut story never before told -
about the fear, love and sacrifice demanded of the
few men who dared to reach beyond the heavens for
the biggest prize of all - the Moon.
One Giant Leap: Neil
Armstrong's Stellar
American Journey
by Leon Wagener
9780312875923 TP
$14.99
Relying on hundreds of interviews with family
and friends of the astronaut, plus generous access
to the NASA files, Leon Wagener explores the
life of one of America's true heroes, in a book
filled with extraordinary adventure, and even
greater achievement.
Deke! An Autobiography
by Donald Slayton and Michael Cassutt
9780312859183 TP
$17.99
Deke! is Deke Slayton's' story--told in his own words and in
the voices of the men and women who worked with him and
knew him best. Deke Slayton's knowledge of how the .S.
manned space program worked is the missing piece of every
space buff's puzzle.
Flying to the Moon: An
Astronaut’s Story
by Michael Collins
9780374423568 TP
$9.99
In this entrancing account, space traveler Michael
Collins recalls his early days as an Air Force test
pilot, his astronaut training at NASA, and his
unparalleled experiences in orbit, including the
Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar landing.
JFK AND THE 1960s: BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS
PERIOD FICTION
Me and Jack
by Danette Haworth
9780802794536 HC
$16.99
Joshua Reed is used to moving around since his dad
became an Air Force recruiter and the Vietnam War broke
out. But their newest home, in the mountains of
Pennsylvania, feels special somehow. Josh has started to
make a new friend, his dad has finally allowed him to get a
dog, and Jack-with his strange glowing ears and the way he
seems to understand Josh's feelings-is like no other dog
Josh has ever seen. When a local boy is killed overseas, the
town turns on the new air force recruiter. And when a few
late-night disturbances all point to Jack, it will be up to
Joshua to fight for his dog, his family, and his new home.
Dogtag Summer
by Betsy Partridge
1599901838 HC $16.99
1599908298 TP $7.99
Half Vietnamese, half American, Tracy’s not sure
she fits in with her family in California. But when
she and her best friend find a soldier’s dogtag, she
is jarred by memories from her life in Vietnam,
and the lingering anti-war sentiments that
surround her today. Where is home when you’re a
child of war? Is it the country that’s buried deep
within your memories? Or is it the place you live,
among the people you call family?
The Wall
by Peter Sis
9780374347017 HC
$18.99
Through annotated illustrations, journals, maps, and
dreamscapes, Peter Sís shows what life was like for a
child who loved to draw, proudly wore the red scarf of
a Young Pioneer, stood guard at the giant statue of
Stalin, and believed whatever he was told to believe.
My Louisiana Sky
by Kimberly Willis Holt
9780805052510 HC $17.95
9780312660956 TP $6.99
Set in the South in the late 1950s, this coming-of-
age novel explores a 12-year-old girl's struggle to
accept her grandmother's death, her mentally
deficient parents, and the changing world around
her.
JFK PRESIDENCY / HISTORY
MUSIC AND ART / POP CULTURE OF THE 1960s
Kennedy’s Last Days
by Bill O’Reilly
9780805098020 HC
$19.99
A riveting historical narrative of the shocking
events surrounding the assassination of John F.
Kennedy.
Kennedy Through the
Lens: How Photography
and Television Revealed
and Shaped an
Extraordinary Leader
by Martin W. Sandler
9780802721600 HC
$19.99
As the well-reviewed Through the Lens series
continues, Sandler aims the spotlight on John F.
Kennedy, one of our most photogenic presidents,
providing insight into how JFK used the new
medium of television and the advances in color
photography to further his ambitious agenda.
Fabulous: The Story of
Andy Warhol
by Bonnie Christainsen
9780805087536 PI
$16.99
From his early days in Pittsburgh in the 1930s to the
height of his glory in the 1960s, this book chronicles
Warhol’s remarkable transformation from a sickly
child into a renowned Pop Art icon.
Action Jackson
by Jan Greenberg and
Sandra Jordan
9780312367510 PI
$7.99
Take a look at Jackson Pollock's intriguing
method of painting during the creation of one of
his famous paint-swirled and splattered
canvasses.
The Girl Who Became A Beatle
by Greg Taylor
9780312652593 HC $16.99 9780312606831 TP $9.99
When 16-year-old Regina Bloomsbury wishes her
band could be as famous as the Beatles, her wish
comes true, and she experiences fame and celebrity
firsthand.
Rebels in Paradise
by Hunter Drohojowska-
Philp
9780805088366 HC
$32.50
The extraordinary story of the artists who
propelled themselves to international fame in
1960s Los Angeles. Suitable for high school
readers and above.
POLITICS / CIVIL RIGHTS FOR YOUNG READERS
We March
By Shane W. Evans
9781596435391 PI
$16.99
A picture book about the American Civil Rights
Movement.
Rosa
by Nikki Giovanni
9780312376024 PI
$7.99
A picture book tribute to Rosa Parks,
celebrating the 50th anniversary of her
refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery,
Alabama city bus.
To The Mountaintop
by Charlayne Hunter-Gault
9781596436053 HC
$22.99
The story of the Civil Rights Movement told from the
frontlines perspective of Charlayne Hunter-Gault,
who made history as one of the first black students to
attend the University of Georgia in 1961.
Leaving Glorytown
by Eduardo F. Calcines
9780374343941 HC
$17.95
Coming of age in Communist Cuba.
The Private Thoughts of
Amelia E. Rye
by Bonnie Shimko
9780374361310 HC
$16.99
That true friend finally arrives when Fancy
Nelson, the first Negro kid Amelia has ever seen
in person, walks into her fourth grade classroom.
My Life With The
Lincolns
by Gayle Brandeis
9780805090130 HC
$16.99
Mina’s dad begins taking Mina along to
hear speeches by Martin Luther King, Jr in
Chicago. And soon he brings the freedom
movement to their own small town, with
consequences for everyone.
Yankee Girl
by Mary Ann Rodman
9780312535766 TP
$7.99
The year is 1964, and Alice Ann Moxley's FBI-
agent father has been reassigned from Chicago to
Jackson, Mississippi, to protect black people who
are registering to vote.
Lunch-Box Dream
by Tony Abbott
9780374346737 HC $16.99
9781250016683 TP $6.99
The story of two white brothers visiting civil
war battle fields on a family trip in the 1950s
intersects with that of a black family looking for
a missing child, when accident and crisis find
them all on the same bus.
Claudette Colvin: Twice
Toward Justice
9780312661052 TP
$9.99
On March 2, 1955, an impassioned teenager, fed up
with the daily injustices of Jim Crow segregation,
refused to give her seat to a white woman on a
segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Instead of
being celebrated as Rosa Parks would be just nine
months later, fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin found
herself shunned by her classmates and dismissed by
community leaders. Undaunted, a year later she
dared to challenge segregation again as a key
plaintiff in Browder v. Gayle, the landmark case that
struck down the segregation laws of Montgomery
and swept away the legal underpinnings of the Jim
Crow South.
2009 National Book Award Winner for Young
People's Literature and a 2010 Newbery Honor
Book.
MULTICULTURAL STUDIES
BIOGRAPHICAL FICTION
SCIENCE/BIOGRAPHY
Revolution is Not a Dinner Party
by Ying Cheng Compestine
9780805082074 HC $16.95
9780312581497 TP $8.99
A novel about a young girl growing up during the Chinese
cultural revolution.
90 Miles to Havana by Enrique Flores-Galbis
9781596431683 HC $17.99
9781250005595 TP $6.99
A middle grade Cuban-American coming-of-
age novel inspired by the author's own
experience.
Part of Me
by Kimberly Willis Holt
9780805063608 HC $16.95
9780312581459 TP $7.99
Tracing a family’s roots is like taking a journey
through the years. In the case of one Louisiana family,
that journey can be charted by the books they read and
loved.
One Small Step: Celebrating
the First Men On the Moon
by Jerry Stone
9781596434912 HC
$24.95
Touch, feel, and experience the story behind the first moon
landing… a collection of keepsakes and memories that
bring that historic moment of pride an accomplishment to
life for a new generation.