The Class Of 67

The Class of 67

The Class of 67 is a historic novel; an episodic, coming-of-age story set on the Ohio State campus in the sixties. The protagonist, Jerry Roush, and his classmates live through turbulent social upheavalthe free speech movement; the struggle for civil rights, open housing, and access to the pill; the space race, and the threat of nuclear war. Jerry and his friends struggle to incorporate the changes, while dealing with their own identities, relationships, commitments, and expectations all played out on a college campus. The reader will discover or relive what it was like to be in the epicenter of a storm of generation-splitting conflicts including the threat of the military draft and the freedom of sex, drugs and rock n roll. What was the boomer generations reaction to mandatory military training, to girls hours and PDA (Public Display of Affection)? What did they think and feel during the Cuban missile crisis? Where were they on the day John F. Kennedy was shot? What did white suburban kids do when they discovered how rental housing worked, or racial tensions flared? How did couples obtain an abortion before Roe vs. Wade? Growing up is never easy, but the times made it even more confusing for Jerry and his classmates as they struggled with their idealism when the world they thought they could make clashed with the one their parents sought to keep.

Seniors Again... The VHS Class of ’67

The Valley High School Class of '67-WE ARE SENIORS AGAIN-only this time no prom, graduation or class rings for us! This diverse group of BABY BOOMERS shares their history, their memories of VHS and their hopes for their "Senior Citizen" years. If you are a "boomer" this book will engage your interest from the first line "Hello Seniors!" If you want to recapture the 1960's and the exceptional school environment that we enjoyed this book will guide you thru those years. It is a time capsule relating all of the events and changes that our group has encountered. We are the "now" generation, the boomers, the "make love/not war" generation & the children born in the time of prosperity in the 1940's and early 1950's. We were told that we could have it all then we did all that we could to get "it." Now we reflect on our 60+years and look forward as we enter our Golden Years.

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