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Alumni and faculty members who would like to have their books considered for this listing should contact Stacey Himmelberger, editor of Hamilton magazine. This list, which dates back to 2018, is updated periodically with books appearing alphabetically on the date of entry.

Day by Day: 1968 That Tumultuous Year in 366 Photographs by James Garfinkel ’80

July 1, 2021

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(New York: Day By Day Publishing, 2018).
Organized chronologically, this large display book features captivating images — one for each day (it was a leap year) — that take the reader through a year marked by such triumphs as the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon, to tragedies that included the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. The author prepared the book to accompany a 50th-anniversary exhibit that was displayed at New York City’s Steven Kasher Gallery in January and February. Garfinkel selected the images from a range of press archives and private collections and wrote text that introduces each month. “I was particularly taken with how so many of the concerns which found expression then still resonate today,” he said.