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Literature was very important in the 1950’s, as it “reflected the conflict of self-satisfaction with 50's Happy Days
and cultural self-doubt about conformity and the true worth of American values.”
LITERATURE OF THE 1950’S
Some authors such as Norman VincentPeale and Bishop Fulton J. Sheen gave
people the hope to control how their liveswould end up.
Conformity was a popular topic in many books of the 1950’s, such as:
The Lonely CrowdBy
David Riesman
The Affluent SocietyBy
John Kenneth Galbraith
The Organization ManBy
William H. Whyte
Atlas ShruggedBy
Ayn Rand
Science fiction became popular with books like:
I, RobotBy
Issac Asimov
The Martian ChroniclesBy
Ray Bradbury
And some bestselling children books included…
Ginger Pye By
Eleanor Estes
The Door in the WallBy
Marguerite de Angeli
Rifles for WatieBy
Harold Keith
Miracles on Maple HillBy
Virginia Sorenson
