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America in the 1960s and 1970s: Who Was....?

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Who Was....?

Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Thematic Series: The 1960s
William L. O'Neill and Kenneth T. Jackson, eds. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003. 2 vols.
The Encyclopedia of Sixties Cool: A Celebration of the Grooviest People, Events, and Artifacts of the 1960s
Chris Strodder. Santa Monica, Calif, Santa Monica Press, 2007.
Who was who in 1960s popular culture. Available?
Interviews With Icons: Flashing on the Sixties.
Lisa Law. Sante Fe, N.M., Lumen Bks, 2000. Available?

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