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The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America 1932-72

William Manchester

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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.

Format:: Hardcover

Pages:: pages

Publication:: 1984

Publisher:: Little, Brown & Company (Boston/Toronto)

Edition:: Later Printing

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0553345893

ISBN13:: 9780553345896

kindle Asin:: B07NMH8ZV4

The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America 1932-72

William Manchester

4.44/5 (1642 ratings)

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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.

Format:: Hardcover

Pages:: pages

Publication:: 1984

Publisher:: Little, Brown & Company (Boston/Toronto)

Edition:: Later Printing

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0553345893

ISBN13:: 9780553345896

kindle Asin:: B07NMH8ZV4

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