Some of the action of my new novel takes place in 1948, 1955 and 1961. I know the broad strokes of history for those period of time (and if I don't, my go-to book to learn them is The Timetables of History, which sits on my desk), but in order to get a sense of what life was really like for my characters, I like to look at certain cultural facts. Here are some of the websites I've visited to do this work:
- Google images: I love looking at the covers of magazines and advertisements from the era. Seeing what was on the cover of Good Housekeeping, The Saturday Evening Post and Life helps me understand the sweep of a year, or what was happening in a particular month.
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