I Was a 60s Girl

Childhood Memories of School Days, Best Friends, Bikes, Toys, Television, Family Life, Holidays, and Summer Days in 1960s America

von Troy Oakes

334 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Do you remember school mornings, neighborhood bike rides, best friends, Saturday television, favorite toys, family routines, holiday anticipation, and summer days that seemed to stretch forever?

I Was a '60s Girl returns to the everyday world of girlhood in 1960s America through warm, historically grounded social history and vivid memory triggers. Across 68 engaging chapters, Troy Oakes revisits classrooms and playgrounds, friendships and sleepovers, dolls and crafts, department stores and five-and-dimes, family telephones, records and radio, movie theaters, Girl Scouts, vacations, Christmas mornings, and the national events children encountered through school, home, and television.

The book celebrates the variety of American girlhood rather than pretending everyone grew up the same way. It remembers both familiar traditions and the changing possibilities girls could see around them as the decade unfolded.

Presented in true 16-point large print, this 333-page volume is designed for comfortable reading and makes a thoughtful nostalgia gift for women who remember growing up in 1960s America, as well as families interested in the everyday history of the decade.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798174932524
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 16.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Independently published