Boom!
Talking About the Sixties: What Happened, How It Shaped Today, Lessons for Tomorrow
$40.92
- Paperback
688 pages
- Release Date
14 October 2008
Summary
Tom Brokaw’s New York Times bestseller about the 1960s, its consequences today, its lessons going forward.
In Boom!, Tom Brokaw, one of America’s premier journalists and the acclaimed author of The Greatest Generation, gives us an epic portrait of another defining era in America—the tumultuous Sixties. The voices and stories of both famous people and ordinary citizens come together in this “virtual reunion” as Brokaw takes us on a memorable journey through a remarkab…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780812975116 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0812975111 |
| Author: | Tom Brokaw |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Trade Paperbacks |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 688 |
| Release Date: | 14 October 2008 |
| Weight: | 684g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 140mm x 39mm |
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Critics Review
“Tom Brokaw does an excellent job of capturing an exciting, controversial period in American history and Boom! is a worthy addition to his growing canon.”–New York Post
”[Tom Brokaw] approaches this magnum opus with warmth, curiosity and conviction, the same attributes that worked so well for his Greatest Generation.“–The New York Times
”[A] verbal scrapbook of the Sixties … [Boom! shows] that the era’s core issues-racism, women’s rights, a nation-dividing war-remain central today, and that the values boomers championed haven’t yet gone bust.”–People (four stars)
“Packed with memorable people, places, events … A ‘virtual reunion’ of 1960s folks telling what they did back then, where they’ve been since and how they assess that tumultuous decade.”–Chicago Tribune
“Genuinely fascinating recollections … plenty of memorable anecdotes.”–The Wall Street Journal
About The Author
Tom Brokaw
Tom Brokaw is the author of seven bestsellers- The Greatest Generation, The Greatest Generation Speaks, An Album of Memories, Boom!, The Time of Our Lives,A Long Way from Home, and A Lucky Life Interrupted. A native of South Dakota, he graduated from the University of South Dakota, and 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 NBC. He was the sole anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw from 1983 to 2005. He continues to report for NBC News, producing long-form documentaries and providing expertise during breaking news events. Brokaw has won every major award in broadcast journalism, including two DuPonts, three Peabody Awards, and several Emmys, including one for lifetime achievement. In 2014, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He lives in New York and Montana.
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