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  • The Glory and the Dream

  • A Narrative History of America, 1932 - 1972
  • Written by: William Manchester
  • Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
  • Length: 57 hrs and 23 mins
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The Glory and the Dream

Written by: William Manchester
Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
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Publisher's Summary

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 lively arts, science, fashion, fads, social change, sexual mores, communications, graffiti...everything and anything indigenous that can be captured in print.

The Glory and the Dream chronicles the progress of life in the United States, from the time William Manchester and his generation reached the beginning of awareness in the desperate summer of '32 to President Nixon's Second Inaugural Address and the opening scenes of Watergate. Masterfully compressing four crowded decades of our history, Manchester 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.

©1974 William Manchester (P)1994 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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  • Categories: History

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