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The Greatest Generation

Brokaw's homage to the Americans who overcame the Depression and World War II is expanded with this collection of stories, interviews, and personal histories of that generation.

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  • "Letters and reflections"@en
  • "Greatest generation speaks, letters and reflections"
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  • "In this ... book, Tom Brokaw goes out into America, to tell through the stories of individual men and women the story of a generation, America's citizen heroes and heroines who came of age during the Great Depression and the Second World War and went on to build modern America. This generation was united not only by a common purpose, but also by common values -- duty, honor, economy, courage, service, love of family and country, and, above all, responsibility for oneself. In this book, you will meet people whose everyday lives reveal how a generation persevered through war, and were trained by it, and then went on to create interesting and useful lives and the America we have today.-Dust jacket."
  • "Brokaw's homage to the Americans who overcame the Depression and World War II is expanded with this collection of stories, interviews, and personal histories of that generation."
  • "Brokaw's homage to the Americans who overcame the Depression and World War II is expanded with this collection of stories, interviews, and personal histories of that generation."@en
  • "Tells the story of men and women who came of age during the Great Depression and the Second World War and went on to build modern America."@en
  • "A tribute to the Americans who made great sacrifices during World War II, told through a collection of stories, interviews, and personal histories."
  • "Letters from the children and grandchildren who wanted to share the insights and lessons they gained by the stories in Brokaw's book "The greatest generation"."
  • "The heartwarming New York Times bestseller by the author of The Greatest Generation. "When I wrote about the men and women who came out of the Depression, who won great victories and made lasting sacrifices in World War II and then returned home to begin building the world we have today ... it was my way of saying thank you. I was not prepared for the avalanche of letters and responses touched off by that book. "I had written a book about America, and now America was writing back. Tom Brokaw touched the heart of the nation with his towering #1 bestseller The Greatest Generation, a moving tribute to those who gave the world so much -- and who left an enduring legacy of heroism and grace. THE GREATEST GENERATION SPEAKS was born out of the vast outpouring of letters Brokaw received from people eager to share their personal memories and experiences of a momentous time in America's history. These letters and reflections cross time, distance, and generations as they give voice to lives forever changed by war: eighty-year-old Clarence M. Graham, who recounts his harrowing experience as a soldier captured by the Japanese?and provides a gripping eyewitness account of the dropping of the atomic bomb; Patricia Matthews Dorph, a soldier's daughter who shares the love letters her parents exchanged during the war, a lasting legacy of passion, devotion, and enduring love; Rabbi Judah Nadich, the first Jewish chaplain to serve in the war; Lorraine Davis, a civilian who helped form the Club of '44, a group of wartime wives who still meet today. From the front lines of battle to the back porches of beloved hometowns, THE GREATEST GENERATION SPEAKS brings to life the hopes and dreams of a generation who fought our most hard-won victories, and whose struggles and sacrifices made our future possible."@en
  • "The story of America's heroes and heroines who came of age during the Great Depression and the Second World War and went on to build modern America."@en
  • "Veteran reporter and NBC news anchor, Tom Brokaw, celebrates the generation of Americans born in the 1920's. They came of age during the Great Depression, fought in World War II, and went on to build the American society that developed after the war."
  • ""The author goes out into America to tell, through the stories of individual men and women, the story of a generation, America's citizen heroes and heroines who came of age during the Great Depression and the Second World War and went on to build modern America"--Container."@en
  • "The families of those who served in World War II and returned to make contributions to post-war society share their relatives' letters from combat and memories of their return home."@en
  • "Tom Brokaw continues documenting the experiences and feelings of World War II veterans during the war years and after. In this book, he uses some of the letters written to and from GI's to reflect their experiences."@en
  • "Tom Brokaw uses the stories of individual men and women to tell the story of a generation of America's citizen heroes and heroines who came of age during the Great Depression and the Second World War and went on to build modern America."
  • "An expansion of Brokaw's thesis that we owe a huge debt of gratitude to those tough and courageous men and women of the World War II generation for ensuring the freedoms and comforts that Americans enjoy today."@en
  • "From the front lines of battle to the back porches of beloved hometowns, The greatest generation speaks brings to life the hopes and dreams of a generation who fought our most hard-won victories, and whose struggles and sacrifices made our future possible."@en

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