Dear Don Draper, Stop Ignoring Me, Adam Wilson. Dear Don Draper, I worry that you may not be getting these letters. I have yet to receive a response, and after seeing last night’s episode, I’m convinced that either the mail isn’t arriving or you’re willfully ignoring my advice. Especially the stuff about smoking. I mean, cancer is one thing, but watching you light up with a hundred-plus fever and a hacking cough made my own tonsils burn and balloon. The bad news from the future is there’s still no cure for the common flu. Or maybe there is but Big Pharma won’t let us have it. However, we do know this: despite what your ads may say, cigarette smoke doesn’t soothe a sore throat. Anyway, it’s possible these letters aren’t arriving. Point is: last week I tried a different post office, this one located on West End Avenue in Manhattan, on a block known as Headshrinker’s Row for its high concentration of first-floor therapists’ offices.
Okay, I also may have watched this ridiculous Keira Knightley (see attached photo) I’ll leave it at that. New York Times Best Seller Number Ones Listing. American Cultural History - 1960 - 1969. The purpose of this web and library guide is to help the user gain a broad understanding and appreciation for the culture and history of the 1960s. In a very small way, this is a bibliographic essay. While there is no way we can link to everything, we have attempted to find areas of special interest and to select information that we hold dear today - movies we watch, songs we sing, events that move us, people we admire.
To see the whole picture, we encourage users to browse all the way through this page and then visit the suggested links for more information on the decade. We feel the best way to immerse oneself in a topic is to use both Internet and the library. Architecture in the sixties was undergoing a refinement of Modernism and a move to an even more streamlined contemporary look. As in the fifties, art in America of the sixties was influenced by the desire to move into the modern age or future which the space age seemed to forecast. Books that define the time: Books about books: Books in mad men. Mad Men Reading List. The revised Mad Men Reading List is now availble here. If you follow The Battery Park City Library on Twitter then you've seen our tweets linking to books that have appeared in the hit television show Mad Men.
These titles are a great way to gain insight into the episodes and the social and cultural times in which the series is set. Like the set and costume design, the literary choices of the show really add a stamp of authenticity. Dipping into these classics is also a great way to help with withdrawals while waiting for new episodes to air. Some of the titles are featured prominently in the series and others are mentioned in passing.
Remember the book Sally read with her grandfather at bedtime? The book on Japanese culture the agency was told to read? Also included at the end of the list is a "You might also like" section of related books and movies. Do you have any favorite Mad Men books or literary quotes from the show? You might also like: Pour yourself a scotch and enjoy! The Books They Read on TV's "Mad Men" - a "Best Book List"