Time of Our Lives A Conversation about America - Who We Are, Where We've Been, and Where We Need to Go Now, to Recapture the American Dream

Name: Time of Our Lives A Conversation about America - Who We Are, Where We've Been, and Where We Need to Go Now, to Recapture the American Dream
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ISBN: 9781400064588

ISBN-10: 1400064589

ISBN-13: 9781400064588

Edition: 2011

Authors: Tom Brokaw

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Tom Brokaw, known and beloved for his landmark work in American journalism and for theNew York TimesbestsellersThe Greatest GenerationandBoom!,now turns his attention to the challenges that face America in the new millennium, to offer reflections on how we can restore America’s greatness. “What happened to the America I thought I knew?” Brokaw writes. “Have we simply wandered off course, but only temporarily? Or have we allowed ourselves to be so divided that we’re easy prey for hijackers who could steer us onto a path to a crash landing? . . . I do have some thoughts, original and inspired by others, for our journey into the heart of a new century.” Rooted in the values, lessons, and…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Random House of Canada
Publication date: 11/1/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

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 & Atlanta before joining NBC News in 1966. Brokaw was the White House correspondent for NBC News during Watergate, & from 1976 to 1981 he anchored Today on NBC. He's been the sole anchor & managing editor of NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw since 1983. Brokaw has won every major award in broadcast journalism, including two DuPonts, a Peabody Award, & several Emmys. He is the author of the bestselling books "The Greatest Generation" & "The Greatest Generation Speaks". He lives in New York & Montana.



Preface


Getting the Fundamentals Right


Generations


One Nation, Indivisible


K Through Twelve and the Hazards Along the Way


Old School Ties and New World Requirements


Don't Know Much About Geometry


Church of Thrift


Survivors


House Broken


Assignment America


Uncle Sam Needs Us


The United States Academy of Public Service


Stepping Up and Signing Up


Help Me Make It Through This New Dot-Com Age


Wire the World but Don't Short-Circuit Your Soul


Everyone's a Journalist


Partners


What Now, Grandma and Grandpa?


Balancing the Book of Life


Failure Is an Option


The Grandparent Lode


September of My Years


Acknowledgments


Permissions and Credits


Index