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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:

Names: Boyle, Kevin, 1960– author.

Title: The shattering : America in the 1960s / Kevin Boyle.

Description: First edition. | New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2021] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021022377 | ISBN 9780393355994 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780393356076 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: United States—History—1961–1969.

Classification: LCC E841 .B694 2021 | DDC 973.923—dc23

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