An Excerpt from “Camelot Lost”

The 1960s was an idealistic time for America. It also ushered in a profound loss of innocence for that generation.

In 1961, when President John F. Kennedy launched the U.S. effort to put rockets into space, high school senior Max King became interested in the space race, honoring JFK's presidency and lofty goals.

Max meets Jan Rosing in his college zoology class. One thing leads to another and the two transfer to UCLA in 1963.

On November 22, 1963, they hear of JFK's assassination on the radio at school and are heartbroken. Like all of America, they spend the weekend watching TV, and witness Lee Harvey Oswald's murder in real time. They connected their youthful idealism to Kennedy's promising Camelot presidency but move on with their studies.