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u/betterthanlast · 2 pointsr/TheWayWeWere

I'm reading a book of letters by Neil Cassady (famous Beat guy, On The Road's Dean Moriarty, Howl's N.C., Cody on most other Kerouac novels, spent some time with the Merry Pranksters), the letters start a few years after this he mentions renting a "lovely basement room with a nearby bathroom" for $6/week (Page 21). Later on he mentions a 3 bedroom house with a fridge and furnishings, off-site landlord, for $32.50/month (Page 144) and another house with all utilities included for $35.50/month (Page 157).

$1.50/night seems steep.

On the road and other novels also mention pretty cheap prices, but they're fiction. Neal's letters are as close to real life as can be expected from a lovable sociopath's letters.

Edit: I just realized that I gave page numbers, but no book name... I'm all kinds of smart! The book is: Collected Letters, 1944-1967 by Neal Cassady, intro by Carolyn Cassady.

u/agent-99 · 1 pointr/TheWayWeWere

from the book of photos by John Drysdale Our Peacable Kingdom

"John Drysdale grew up in East Africa acquiring an early interest in both photography and animals. He trained at Guildford School of Art in England in the early 1950s and worked as an assitant to Cecil Beaton taking the official photos of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. He has since worked in photo-reportage, advertising and industrial photography and won numerous awards. But perhaps his most memorable work has been in the field of humour, working with children and animals in real life situations which give a new slant on the world." -Science & Society Picture Library

u/Olgaar · 3 pointsr/TheWayWeWere

There's an author, Jennifer Senior, who wrote All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood. She believes it was 'round about the time when child labor laws went in to effect where children really went from being something with specific, quantifiable economic value to the family, to being something which we vaguely describe as "invaluable" or "irreplaceable". But that change is a recent one and one she argues our society still hasn't completely adapted to, in large part because of all the other changes in society and family structure during that time.

The book focuses largely on US culture and society. I have to sheepishly admit I didn't finish it. But what I read was interesting (though somewhat female-centric), and I wish I had finished it before I returned it to the library.

u/shillyshally · 3 pointsr/TheWayWeWere

This is a thorough book on the subject. Kind of a slog - much easier listening to the Audible version than reading the Kindle version. Worth the work, though.

I was listening to Fresh Air a couple of days ago, just in passing, and TG was interviewing a man who has written a book covering US housing policies that led to segregation in the cities and suburbs.

u/Flashdance007 · 7 pointsr/TheWayWeWere

Have you ever read "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls? It's a great children's book about a little boy's summer in the Ozark Mountains (not far from Arkansas). Such a great read about being a kid in another time and place.

u/Archer1949 · 20 pointsr/TheWayWeWere

Absolutely!

For TR, I highly recommended Edmund Morris’ Three Volume bio . The first volume, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, won a Pulitzer and is one of my all-time favorite books.

For a general social and political history of the times, check out “The Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns Goodwin.

There have been a couple of bios on Alice, but the two best that I have read were Alice by Stacey A. Cordery and Hissing Cousins
which chronicles and parallels her life and rivalry with her First Cousin, Eleanor.

For FDR, my favorite single volume bio is Traitor To His Class by HW Brands. It’s been criticized in certain Right Wing circles as “too biased”, but screw those assholes.

For a generalized overview of the Roosevelt family, check out Ken Burns’ doc, The Roosevelts: An Intimate History. It’s on Netflix.

That’s just scratching the surface, but I have found that to be the most accessible and readable stuff.

u/FuzzyHappyBunnies · 3 pointsr/TheWayWeWere

nothing says "swank" like a lute!

If these sorts of things interest you there are fun books: http://www.amazon.com/Everyday-Fashions-Pictured-Catalogs-Costumes/dp/0486269183

u/squidfartz · 2 pointsr/TheWayWeWere

For anyone curious, this book is an excellent overview of this time period.

u/mo9822 · 1 pointr/TheWayWeWere

JOGAL Men's Mesh Fishnet Fitted Sleeveless Muscle Top Small WG01 White https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D7SRYKT/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_na8hDbN5BYSRR

Had to look it up myself cuz I was curious lol

u/chrome-spokes · 2 pointsr/TheWayWeWere

> recommendation for literature about the early days of car travel?

Well, having just heard about this woman, might want to look into these books about her adventure? ...

https://www.amazon.com/Alice-Ramseys-Grand-Adventure-Brown/dp/0618073167

Article: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/alice-ramseys-historic-cross-country-drive-29114570/

u/Ilubalu · 15 pointsr/TheWayWeWere

a fantastic movie: Rabbit-Proof Fence, based on this book written by Doris Pilkington Garimara. You'll learn a lot very quickly by reading This article.

u/Wavally · 2 pointsr/TheWayWeWere

Robert Fulghum dedicates a chapter to these fine flowers.

u/notbob1959 · 11 pointsr/TheWayWeWere

The freckles caught my attention as well but this is not a colorization. The photographer wrote a book on color photography in 1939.

u/LilShaver · 1 pointr/TheWayWeWere

Here is a low grade studio quality headset with mic for under $200. They don't creak, and have decent audio quality.

u/estrtshffl · 32 pointsr/TheWayWeWere

Oh shit I'm studying the Mattachine Society right now.

They played a large part in (eventually) fighting the witch hunt and subsequent firings of gays and lesbians in governmental positions during the 50's coined "the lavender scare." Good and relatively easy to read book about it here. Amazon link.

EDIT: Here's a PDF link to the entire report that kicked off all that awful bullshit - if that's something anybody is interested in. Whole lotta moral panic. https://ecf.cand.uscourts.gov/cand/09cv2292/evidence/PX2337.pdf

u/badgrafxghost · 2 pointsr/TheWayWeWere

Hah, that cartoon is fantastic!

I just finished reading "Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany". It chronicles the campaign of the B-17s of the 8th Airforce throughout the course of the war. Hell of a read, your grandfather's a lucky guy to have made it through all that.

My own grandfather was in the 82nd airborne starting with Operation Overlord at start of the invasion of Normandy and more or less stayed with the same unit until just before VE day. Unfortunately all of his relics from the war disappeared a long time ago. I've been trying to track them down through the family but no luck yet :-/

u/goldenfeder · 78 pointsr/TheWayWeWere

Reading a book on world war 2 right now, it's amazing how little the Brits ever considered they'd lose the war. They just armed themselves with handmade weapons like Molotov cocktails and waited to fuck up some nazi's if they ever invaded their island

Edit: If anyone is curious about the book, it's called The Last Lion by William Manchester. It's the last book in a trilogy about Winston Churchill's life and the first part of the book focuses on how Churchill came up with war strategy and basically kept the country together when they were fighting the Nazi's alone. It's absolutely fantastic.

u/tallyrand · 4 pointsr/TheWayWeWere

And read Timothy Egan's The Worst Hard Time, which was a source for Burn's work and goes into greater detail.

Ed. I had many in my family (all dead now) who survived this. I'm not sure which caused more of my dad's PTSD: nearly starving during the depression or the hell of WW2. He was obsessed with cleanliness, though. The dust got everywhere. There was no stopping it.