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100 1 _aO'Rourke, P. J.,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe baby boom :
_bhow it got that way and it wasn't my fault and I'll never do it again /
_cP.J. O'Rourke.
300 _axx, 263 pages ;
_c24 cm
505 0 0 _tA regular old Baby Boomer speaks --
_tA good and happy place --
_tLife as we imagined it --
_tIn the doldrums of fun --
_tMere anarchy is loosed --
_tEnds and means --
_tAll that glisters --
_tAgents of influence --
_tThe prelude --
_tThe man is father to the child --
_tThe great disconnect --
_tEra of good feelings --
_tThe Baby Boom's Garden of Eden -- thanks for the snake --
_tThere shall no sign be given unto this generation --
_tDawn's early light --
_tReal life --
_tRipeness is all --
_tBig damn messy bundle of joy.
520 _aWith his typical wit and keen analysis, O'Rourke looks at the way the post-war generation somehow came of age by never quite growing up and somehow created a better society by turning society upside down.
650 0 _aBaby boom generation
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aBaby boom generation
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aBaby boom generation
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xSocial conditions
_y20th century.
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