1950s Literature
The Fifties
Era Overview - DISCovering U.S. History. Online Edition. Gale, 2003.
Government and Politics - DISCovering U.S. History. Online Edition. Gale, 2003.
Novels: Historical Contexts
1984, by George Orwell
Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
The Natural, by Bernard Malamud
Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut