28. Project Mercury: A Chronology. Technically a B, it actually starts in 1944 and ends in 1963, but let's face it: Project Mercury is as much a part of the narrow period from 1961 to 1963 as it's possible to be. No. 638.
29. The Sixties, as Reported by the New York Times. No. 1509 and obviously as B as B can be.
30. The Criminal Law Revolution & Its Aftermath. No. 1504 and another B. There were a lot of books on the sixties I found about the same time, include two with the title "The Sixties." I was not in a used bookstore in Haight-Asbury, I swear. The problem with this particular source is that it is based on Supreme Court terms, which start in October, so I have to look up the date opinions were released and toss out really good questions if the release date was the wrong year (in those days, oral argument date and release date were generally so close together I can't use that instead).
31. Dick Clark's The First 25 Year of Rock 'n' Roll. Yet another B. No. 721. A rather difficult source to use. For instance, he has in his 1961 chapter a long piece on the start of Phil Spector's career. He cites material from 1960. He cites material from 1962. He cites no material from 1961. Maybe that's how he looks so ageless, he just skips years.
32. Civil Rights Chronicle. Actually a D, since it starts in 1492. Part of a very good series of chronicles that includes "The Holocaust Chronicle", "The World War II Chronicle" and chronicles of the Sixties and Seventies. No. 1083.
33. The Beatles: The Ultimate Recording Guide. A B, obviously, and the title is a bit misleading since of course the Beatles weren't recording yet in 1961, at least not in the accepted sense. The Beatles are one of those subjects that present a challenge, because there are just tons and tons of Beatles books (I have two unused John Lennon chronologies and I suspect there will be more published around now for the 30th anniversary of his death), I like to read about the Beatles, but the time frame in which they were active was quite narrow. So imagine that the 1966 game willl be "The Beatles and some other topics (some other topics not necessarily included). Thus, I have to burn a source or two for 1961 or I'll be swamped. No. 219.
34. 50 Yahr im Bild, Bundesrepublik Deutschland (50 Years in Pictures, the Federal Republic of Germany). A new source, no. 2177 and a B/C. Not a great thing as a chronology, because you have to search the captions for a year, but German history, particularly modern German history, is poorly covered in my collection, so when I found this book I snapped it up. As the title might indicate, it's half in German and half in English.
35. The Rock 'n' Roll Years. Another B/C. No. 1276. Good source, not a lot more to say.
36. Barbie: Four Decades of Fashion, Fantasy & Fun. Another B/C, no 224. Strangely, to me, the most controversial game I ever wrote was on Barbie, using nothing but this one source. I thought it was a fun game. I seem to remember someone got 10 triples and 17 pats because no one else either knew or cared about the topic. Just for historical purposes, I should point out that two of the three sisters of my next door neighbor with whom I played with her Barbie and Ken (God forbid a guy should own a Ken) are my Facebook friends, but Laurie has not responded.
37. Marilyn Monroe: Unseen Archives. A B, No. 1443. I have to be careful here, because I'm also using an Arthur Miller chronology this game. Maybe there's something about the Kennedys in here . . . .
38. History Makers of Hawaii. A D, no. 1150. The best of my Hawai'i resources, in part because two of them are missing.
39. Television Network Weekend Programming, 1959-1990. Another B/C, no. 664. A really interesting source put together by someone with too much time on his hands, detailing every single change in Saturday and Sunday programming on the three networks over three decades plus. On the other hand, I can remember all these changes in the Sixties as though it was yesterday. We watched them like wall posters in Beijing.
40. The Complete Book of Oscar Fashion. Another B/C. No. 1497 and covered in some kind of fabric that makes it stick to the book next to it. But a true chronology, with pictures. And it makes it clear that for it "1961" is the Oscars telecast on April 17, which of course awarded the 1960 Academy Awards.
41. The Tournament of Roses, a Pictorial History. A C and no. 1274. Only thing to note here is that one of my oldest chronologies is "A Pasadena Chronology," and I have to make sure not to use them both in the same game.
Done with the third page of the Word file. End of Part Four.
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