The Abduction of Betty and Barney Hill: Alien Encounters, Civil Rights, and the New Age in America by Bowman, Matthew
The Abduction of Betty and Barney Hill: Alien Encounters, Civil Rights, and the New Age in America by Bowman, Matthew

The Abduction of Betty and Barney Hill: Alien Encounters, Civil Rights, and the New Age in America

A gripping account of an alien abduction and its connections to the breakdown of American society in...
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Author: Matthew Bowman
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Language: English
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The Abduction of Betty and Barney Hill: Alien Encounters, Civil Rights, and the New Age in America by Bowman, Matthew

The Abduction of Betty and Barney Hill: Alien Encounters, Civil Rights, and the New Age in America

$56.94
The Abduction of Betty and Barney Hill: Alien Encounters, Civil Rights, and the New Age in America by Bowman, Matthew

The Abduction of Betty and Barney Hill: Alien Encounters, Civil Rights, and the New Age in America

$56.94
Author: Matthew Bowman
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
A gripping account of an alien abduction and its connections to the breakdown of American society in the 1960s

"Excellent and exhaustive."--Colin Dickey, Slate

In the mid-1960s, Betty and Barney Hill became famous as the first Americans to claim that aliens had taken them aboard a spacecraft against their will. Their story--involving a lonely highway late at night, lost memories, and medical examinations by small gray creatures with large eyes--has become the template for nearly every encounter with aliens in American popular culture since.

Historian Matthew Bowman examines the Hills' story not only as a foundational piece of UFO folklore but also as a microcosm of 1960s America. The Hills, an interracial couple who lived in New Hampshire, were civil rights activists, supporters of liberal politics, and Unitarians. But when their story of abduction was repeatedly ignored or discounted by authorities, they lost faith in the scientific establishment, the American government, and the success of the civil rights movement.

Bowman tells the fascinating story of the Hills as an account of the shifting winds in American politics and culture in the second half of the twentieth century. He exposes the promise and fallout of the idealistic reforms of the 1960s and how the myth of political consensus has given way to the cynicism and conspiratorialism and the paranoia and illusion of American life today.

Author: Matthew Bowman
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 01/28/2025
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780300281859

About the Author
Matthew Bowman is professor of religion and history and Howard W. Hunter Chair of Mormon Studies at Claremont Graduate University. His books include The Mormon People: The Making of an American Faith. He lives in Claremont, CA.
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