An Album of Memories

Brokaw, Tom

ISBN 10: 0375419810 ISBN 13: 9780375419812

Casa editrice: Random House, 2001

Riassunto

A seventeen-year-old who enlisted in the army in 1941 writes to describe the Bataan Death March. Other members of the greatest generation describe their war ― in such historic episodes as Guadalcanal, the D-Day invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and Midway ― as well as their life on the home front. In this beautiful American family album of stories, reflections, memorabilia, and photographs, history comes alive and is preserved, in people’s own words and through photographs and time lines that commemorate important dates and events. Starting with the Depression and Pearl Harbor, on through the war in Europe and the Pacific, this unusual book preserves a people’s rich historical heritage and the legacy of the heroism of a nation.

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Praise for The Greatest Generation

“Brokaw offers examples of the many virtues he is celebrating: people who distinguished themselves both in battle and on the home front, men who built careers despite being disabled by the war, women who overcame the obstacles that were stacked against them, minorities who used adversity to improve their people’s lives.”
—The New York Times

“Thoroughly terrific, deeply felt, passionate...The stories Brokaw tells are so powerful that a spell is cast upon the reader, reminding us, in our more cynical and fragmented age, that with enough collective energy and spirit, anything can be accomplished.”
—Doris Kearns Goodwin
From the Trade Paperback edition.

L'autore:

Tom Brokaw, a native of South Dakota, graduated from the University of South Dakota with a degree in political science He began his journalism career in Omaha and Atlanta before joining NBC News in 1966. Brokaw was the White House correspondent for NBC News during Watergate, and from 1976 to 1981 he anchored Today on NMC. He’s been the sole anchor and managing director of NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw since 1983. Brokaw has won every major award in broadcast journalism, including two Duponts, a Peabody Award, and several Emmys. He is the author of the best ―selling books The Greatest Generation and The Greatest Generation Speaks. He lives in New York and Montana.

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• Editore: Random House
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0375419810
• ISBN 13: 9780375419812
• Rilegatura: Audio CD