Publisher Description
This great time capsule of a book captures the abundant popular history of the United States from 1932 to 1972. It encompasses politics, military history, economics, the arts, science, fashion, fads, social change, sexual mores, communications, graffiti—everything and anything indigenous that can be captured in print.
Masterfully compressing four crowded decades of our history, The Glory and the Dream relives the epic, significant, or just memorable events that befell the generation of Americans whose lives pivoted between the America before and the America after the Second World War. From the Great Depression through the second inauguration of Richard M. Nixon, Manchester breathes life into this great period of America’s growth.
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“Manchester is a tremendously gifted writer, and possesses the enviable capability of infusing his passionate enthusiasm for his historical subjects into the pages themselves, endowing his thick tomes with a vibrant energy that truly makes these period pieces and their actors come alive. The Glory and the Dream opens in the Mean Thirties with a description of the Veteran’s march on Washington; a fitting launch pad for an in-depth exploration of four decades in American life, one that draws from a cornucopia of resources and material and is subsequently distilled through Manchester’s brio into the Snap! Crackle! Pop! of this epic achievement. Bravo!”
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Chris (5 out of 5 stars)
