{"product_id":"the-promise-of-the-class-john-gillooly-9781968548223","title":"The Promise of the Class of '64","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt was late August 1963; Martin Luther King had just delivered his \"I Have a Dream\" speech and the vast majority of the approximately 3.5 million Americans born in 1946 were starting their senior year in high school.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the next nine months the Class of '64, the first high school graduating class of American \"Baby Boomers\" would experience one of the most consequential periods in American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \"I Have a Dream\" speech; almost daily shifts of the American government's view of the situation in South Vietnam; the assassination of President Kennedy; the first American appearance of the Beatles; the daily legislative battles that led to the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Bill were just some of the happenings during the Class of '64's senior year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Promise of the Class of '64\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel that combines actual New York Times newspaper accounts with a fictional \"coming of age\" tale of a group of New England suburban high school students during a transformative period in their lives and in American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you were born in 1946; if you attended high school in the 1960s; if you enjoy reading American history, this is a book for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Gillooly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 196854822X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781968548223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stillwater River Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d","brand":"John Gillooly","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440733827327,"sku":"9781968548223","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c8cf7604-d88d-428c-9228-8d90f82a83f0.jpg?v=1777184452","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-promise-of-the-class-john-gillooly-9781968548223","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}