# Event Details - **Event Name**: Summer of '71: Five Months that Changed America“ John A. Jenkins - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 15 Jul, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Wed, 15 Jul, 2026 at 07:00 pm - **Event Description**: a revolutionary exploration of the summer before Watergate--a parallel world of a half-century ago when America faced similar crises .About this EventEast End Books Ptown Presents: “ Summer of '71: Five Months that Changed America“ John A. Jenkins July 15th at 6pmTickets:From award-winning journalist and author John A. Jenkins comes a revolutionary exploration of the summer before Watergate--a parallel world of a half-century ago when America faced events and crises strikingly similar to those of today--told through the lives and words of those who lived it.Inflation rages. Crime is rising. Abortion rights take center stage at the Supreme Court. China poses an existential threat. Black lives are under attack. The president battles the press as he seeks to subvert not just the political order but the rule of law itself. This is the Summer of '71--a pivotal, operatic season of hope and despair, missed opportunities and era-changing decisions.More than a half-century later, it's difficult to overstate the importance of events that defined the American experience during that fateful five-month period spanning May to September 1971. On May Day, President Nixon orchestrates a massive police-military response to disrupt the biggest anti-war demonstration in history. Two days later, the Supreme Court announces that it will take up Roe v. Wade. In the weeks and months that follow, friction escalates between the police and the Black Panthers, Congress debates universal healthcare, Attica prisoners riot, and the New York Timespublishes the Pentagon Papers--a turning point that ultimately dooms Nixon's presidency and his legacy.Summer of '71 brings it all to the page through first-person accounts that are only now becoming available: the papers, diaries, and oral histories of key players. Award-winning journalist and author John A. Jenkins witnessed many of the events himself, and draws on a multitude of sources, including Nixon's White House tapes, to tell the story of that time as no one else could. Here is both a fascinating, brilliantly researched read in its own right, and a critical lens through which to view today's political discord.John A. Jenkins is a multi-award-winning journalist, author, publisher, and entrepreneur. With a specialty in partisans and power, he's written hundreds of features for major magazines in the U.S. and abroad, including The New York Times Magazine, GQ, and The Washington Monthly. A 4-time recipient of the American Bar Association's Gavel Award Certificate of Merit, one of the highest awards in legal journalism, he is the founder of Law Street Media, the most widely visited and highly engaged law-and-policy site on the web. Prior to starting Law Street, Jenkins served for 15 years as President & Publisher of CQ Press, the leading political science textbook and reference publishers. Currently, he co-leads the predictive-AI start-up PoliScio Analytics, which he co-founded in 2022. He lives on the east coast and can be found online at JohnaJenkins.com. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/provincetown/summer-of-71-five-months-that-changed-america-john-a-jenkins/100001990713102478 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, business, science-fair - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 1 hour - Location: East End Books Ptown - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 36.69, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Provincetown - **state**: MA - **country**: United States - **location**: East End Books Ptown - **lat**: 42.0540932 - **long**: -70.18276679999997 - **full address**: East End Books Ptown, 389 Commercial Street, Provincetown, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Summer of '71: Five Months that Changed America“ John A. 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