The Fall of '68

About the Book

You have met the characters in The Fall of '68. They are normal young people living through the most turbulent year of the second half of the 20th Century. Mike, a Vietnam combat veteran, returns to a nation that has suffered assassinations, riots, and political strife. He looks for the old life he left behind but must build a new one. Robert is a physics scholar who renews his friendship with Mike. Pete's a veteran too and takes up the life of a Hippie. Natalie is a strong willed young women that does not know the world as Mike knows it but wants to.

Which of the characters in the book would you be? would you be the combat veteran, the disillusioned Hippie, a fighter for women's rights, the ROTC cadet, the war protestor?

About the Author

Paul Densmore grew up in rural New York State during the 1950s. After obtaining his Bachelor's degree he served with the US Army in the I Corps Vietnam as a Combat Engineer. He has lived in Southern California for 28 years. He has been married to his wife Alice for 34 years and has two grown sons, Alex and Chris.