Books tagged: 1960s memoir

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On the Strand    by World Audience
Price: $9.99 USD. 139420 words. Published on August 22, 2010. .

"What we have here is an autobiography about growing up in Virginia, getting married, moving to Kansas that reads like a classic American novel. Gray really gets inside feelings and brings the reader adroitly into the heart of his own life. As classic as Catcher in the Rye and the basis of what could be great film." ---Dr. Hugh Fox
Crowd Noises    by David Halliday
Price: $2.99 USD. 2290 words. Published on October 23, 2010. .

Before I began to listen. In my younger days. I ranted. Invited into small spaces. Where my nose was rubbed in my words. Listened to my fellow poets. Bleed. Black. And wondered if I heard an echo. Or was everyone crazy. These were the Crowd Noises.
Invaders from Mars and Other Tales of Youthful Angst    by Jeffrey Miller
Price: $3.99 USD. 41810 words. Published on January 15, 2011. .

Journey back in time to a small Midwest town in the 1960s and experience adolescent and coming of age angst at a junior high dance, Saturday matinees, part time jobs and carnivals while saving the town from Martian invaders. Set against the historical backdrop and the cultural and social turbulence of the 1960s, Invaders from Mars is a bittersweet, heartwarming and nostalgic look back in time.
When Angels Travel    by Richard F. Challis
Price: $0.99 USD. 36690 words. Published by Steve Challis  on June 22, 2011. .

When Angels Travel is a fictionalized account of the international business travels of Richard F. Challis during the 1960's. It starts with his visit to Moscow. He visited many countries in 4 continents. His style is very personal and easily readable. This story follows on from his business autobiography, "Time and Chance".
MOLOKA'I NUI AHINA, Summers on the Lonely Isle    by Kirby Wright
Price: $3.95 USD. 83540 words. Published on January 15, 2012. .

Julia Daniels, a Moloka'i pioneer woman of mixed blood, invites her grandsons Jeff and Ben to spend summers with her at her ranch on the east end. She shares the ranch with Chipper, an alcoholic war hero with a life estate bordering the swamp. The brothers roam a paradise of fishponds, waterfalls, pristine valleys, and mountains with herds of deer. Jeff meets the Kahuna Woman who freezes pictures of her enemies, the TS who seduces the Chief of Police, the man who refs cock fights in Kaunakakai, the sexy divorcee who lives in the Saddle Room, and the prodigal grandfather who returns to woo Julia. These characters help shape Jeff's sensibilities as he discovers the secrets of his grandmother's wild past in Honolulu and the intensity of her struggles on the Lonely Isle.
Herman's Store    by Debby Feo
Price: $2.99 USD. 5810 words. Published on July 15, 2012. .

Book of poems about growing up in a small town in Western Pennsylvania in the 1950-60's.
Dandelion: A Memoir of a Free Spirit    by catherine james
Price: $9.99 USD. 67620 words. Published on September 4, 2012. .

Catherine James longed to get away from her young, beautiful, and wickedly irresponsible mother: to her beloved grandmother or glamorous Aunt Claire or dashing race-car driver father—who had never been a part of her life. She had not wanted to escape to a California orphanage. It wasn’t until a chance meeting with a very young Bob Dylan that Catherine was inspired to make her escape.