About this product

Product Identifiers

PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-100375505814

ISBN-139780375505812

eBay Product ID (ePID)1843184

Product Key Features

Book TitleAlbum of Memories : Personal Histories from the Greatest Generation

Number of Pages336 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMilitary / World War II, Social History, Military

Publication Year2001

IllustratorYes

GenreBiography & Autobiography, History

AuthorTom Brokaw

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight35.3 Oz

Item Length10.2 in

Item Width8.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2001-273436

TitleLeadingAn

ReviewsPraise 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., 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., 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.

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal940.54/8173

SynopsisCelebrates the greatest generation of Americans, from the Great Depression to the Bataan Death March and beyond, in a series of biographical profiles that chronicle the experiences of ordinary Americans who became caught up in historic twentieth-century events., 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.

LC Classification NumberD811.A2B7455 2001