Historian Kevin M. Schultz pens book about Buckley and Mailer

The 1960s fascinated former Parkite Kevin M. Schultz to the point that he became a historian, author and history professor at the University of Illinois Chicago.

"(That decade) has always interested me because it's become this mythologized time in our history," Schultz told The Park Record. "We look at 'Selma' the film or the TV show 'Mad Men' and the excitement surrounding these things and see how the 60s are portrayed as this transformative time in American history. It was through this decade that we went from this World War II culture to today's America." 

Schultz's interest in the turbulent times led him to write his new book "Buckley and Mailer: The Difficult Friendship that Shaped the Sixties."

The book, published by W.W. Norton & Co., was a No. 1 new release on Amazon.com and reviewed by The New Yorker, The Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe and Minneapolis Star Tribune. ...