In this volume, Nora Sayre explores the USA's transformation during the 1960s and 70s. She examines the landscapes of the era: student strikes at Harvard and Yale; anti-war veterans; John Birchers; Timothy Leary; Yippies and Aquarians; utopias gone wrong; George McGovern; Spiro Agnew; Richard Nixon; George Wallace; black anger at Watts; the media at work; policemen in college; off-off Broadway; the 1972 Democratic and Republican Conventions; and the rebirth of feminism. This book was nominated for the 1974 National Book Award.
In this volume, Nora Sayre explores the USA's transformation during the 1960s and 70s. She examines the landscapes of the era: student strikes at Harv...
When Nora Sayre arrived in London in the 1950s, she quickly joined a circle of artists, many of them blacklisted Americans. This is her account of an extraordinary group of people - Graham Greene, Oona and Charlie Chaplin, Tyrone Power, Cyril Connolly, A.J. Liebling and many more. It is also a memoir of a young woman's coming of age.
When Nora Sayre arrived in London in the 1950s, she quickly joined a circle of artists, many of them blacklisted Americans. This is her account of an ...
