Q. I need a book that gives a basic history of life in the U. S. for the last 50 years. I need it to help me interview a senior adult in a nursing home for my nursing assignment.

Some suggestions for this would be ​

• Life, decades of the 20th century : the way we were  - E741 .L53 1999 (main collection upstairs)
• This fabulous century series - Riley Library Reference - 1st FloorE161.T55 (not for checkout)
• American History Textbooks in the Curriculum Collection - 2nd Floor, SocStud USHist
• Very Short Introductions : American History : A Very Short Introduction.  - NNU Ebook 
• U.S./World History 1900-2000 (political) University of Washington, Dep of History - Librarian approved link
• The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History - Librarian approved link
• 9 volume Dictionary of American History (search by topic) in Reference E174 .D52 2003,
• Timetables of History at Reference D11.G78 1991

Local History

• Sagebrush to Ivy at LD4013.N563 R51, also in reference.
• Nampa Idaho: A journey of Discovery at F754.N3C55 1985 in the Main Collection
• My Home Town by Annie Laurie Bird in Main collection at F754.N3B5.