![]() ![]() ![]() (And it’s not just boomers: novels like Emma Cline’s The Girls, published in 2016, show that shadow falling on a new, younger generation). Ever since the Tate-LaBianca murders in August, 1969, Manson - and his followers, called The Family - has been a generational fear, a Boomer boogeyman. Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA and the Secret History of the Sixties (2019) by Tom O’Neill with Dan Piepenbringįew figures haunt our collective nightmares in quite the same way as Charles Manson. Here, we take a look at eight of our favourites. This enduring interest in the time is reflected in the bumper crop of books around its pivotal events on the occasion of their 50th anniversary last year. From the pop-culture influence of Woodstock to NASA putting a man on the moon to the abiding horror and fascination of the Manson murders to the meaningful legacy of the Stonewall riots, the summer of 1969 was a tumultuous and consequential season. ![]() Describing the summer of 1969 as “eventful” downplays the remarkable happenings - and their ripple through the future - of that short time. ![]()
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