An Album of Memories

Personal Histories from the Greatest Generation

Tom Brokaw

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English

Random House USA Inc
15 May 2001

Biography: general; General & world history; History of the Americas; Second World War; War & defence operations

A seventeen-year-old who enlisted in the army in 1941 writes to describe the Bataan Death March.

Other members of the greatest generation describe their war - in such historic episodes as Guadalcanal, the D-Day invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and Midway - as well as their life on the home front.

In this beautiful American family album of stories, reflections, memorabilia, and photographs, history comes alive and is preserved, in people's own words and through photographs and time lines that commemorate important dates and events.

Starting with the Depression and Pearl Harbor, on through the war in Europe and the Pacific, this unusual book preserves a people's rich historical heritage and the legacy of the heroism of a nation.

By: Tom Brokaw
Imprint: Random House USA Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 261mm, Width: 211mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 991g
ISBN: 9780375505812
ISBN 10: 0375505814
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 15 May 2001
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tom Brokaw is the author of seven bestsellers: The Greatest Generation, The Greatest Generation Speaks, An Album of Memories, Boom!, The Time of Our Lives,A Long Way from Home, and A Lucky Life Interrupted. A native of South Dakota, he graduated from the University of South Dakota, and began his journalism career in Omaha and Atlanta before joining NBC News in 1966. Brokaw was the White House correspondent for NBC News during Watergate, and from 1976 to 1981 he anchored Today on NBC. He was the sole anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw from 1983 to 2005. He continues to report for NBC News, producing long-form documentaries and providing expertise during breaking news events. Brokaw has won every major award in broadcast journalism, including two DuPonts, three Peabody Awards, and several Emmys, including one for lifetime achievement. In 2014, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He lives in New York and Montana.

Reviews for An Album of Memories: Personal Histories from the Greatest Generation

Praise for The Greatest Generation Brokaw offers examples of the many virtues he is celebrating: people who distinguished themselves both in battle and on the home front, men who built careers despite being disabled by the war, women who overcame the obstacles that were stacked against them, minorities who used adversity to improve their people's lives. --The New York Times Thoroughly terrific, deeply felt, passionate...The stories Brokaw tells are so powerful that a spell is cast upon the reader, reminding us, in our more cynical and fragmented age, that with enough collective energy and spirit, anything can be accomplished. --Doris Kearns Goodwin From the Trade Paperback edition.