We Interrupt This Broadcast The Events That Stopped Our Lives... From the Hindenburg Explosion to the Virginia Tech Shooting

Name: We Interrupt This Broadcast The Events That Stopped Our Lives... From the Hindenburg Explosion to the Virginia Tech Shooting
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ISBN: 9781402213199

ISBN-10: 1402213190

ISBN-13: 9781402213199

Edition: 10th 2008 (Anniversary)

Authors: Joe Garner, Bill Kurtis

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This edition features 3 audio CDs with actual broadcasts and includes a new afterword from NBC's Brian Williams. "Altogether, the book and CDs are a keeper, offering both valuable history lessons and a dramatic record of the definitive moments for generations of Americans." -Publishers Weekly "The CDs deliver an exciting, engaging exercise. The events are all hugely memorable. The bits of historic sound are powerfully evocative." -Baltimore Sun "Garner has done a masterful job of collecting these moments, and with the accompanying CDs, one can listen over and over to the moments that shaped this century." -Booklist

Book details

List price: $59.99
Edition: 10th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/1/2008
Binding: Mixed Media
Pages: 208
Size: 10.75" wide x 10.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.794
Language: English

<p class="biography" <b Joe Garner</b was born on Saltspring Island, BC, in 1909. In his nine decades he was a pioneer in various aspects of BC's logging, construction and transportation industries. Joe was the author of five never-dull books about life's experiences. Joe became legendary as a self-promoter, selling his books province-wide for almost 20 years. </p



Foreword


Introduction disc


The Hindenburg Explodes


Pearl Harbor Under Attack


D-Day: The Normandy Invasion


President Roosevelt Dies


V-E Day: War in Europe Ends


Atomic Bomb Destroys Hiroshima


Japan Surrenders: WWII Ends


Truman Defeats Dewey


General MacArthur Fired


Sputnik Launched by Soviets


John Glenn Orbits Earth


Marilyn Monroe Dies


Cuban Missile Crisis: Nuclear War Threatened


President Kennedy Assassinated


Japan Surrenders: WWII Ends


Truman Defeats Dewey


Lee Harvey Oswald Assassinated


President Johnson Declines Reelection Bid


Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated


Robert Kennedy Assassinated


Apollo 11: Man Walks on Moon


Apollo 13: Astronauts Escape Disaster


Kent State Massacre


Munich Olympics Tragedy


Nixon Resigns


Saigon Falls


Elvis Dies


Iran Hostage Crisis


John Lennon Assassinated


President Reagan Shot


The Challenger Explodes


Berlin Wall Crumbles


Operation Desert Storm Begins


Rodney King Verdict Incites Riots


Waco Standoff Ends in Disaster


O.J. Simpson Saga


Oklahoma City Bombing


Flight 800 Explodes Over Atlantic


Atlanta Olympics Bombing


Princess Diana Dies


The Impeachment of President Clinton


Tragedy at Columbine High School


John F. Kennedy Jr. Dies


The 200 Election


America Under Attack


Operation Iraqi Freedom Begins


Hurricane Katrina Floods New Orleans


The Virginia Tech Massacre


Afterword


Acknowledgments Audio and Announcer


Credits


Photography Credits


About the Author


About the Narrator