This is a Rooney's memoir of coming of age as a reporter and as a man during World War II - a story featured in The Greatest Generation - now in a hardcover gift edition. A first-hand account of one man's role in history, My War is a memoir from one of Am
"I cannot go anywhere in America without people wanting to share their wartime experiences....The stories and the lessons have emerged from long-forgotten letters home, from reunions of old buddies and outfits, from unpublished diaries and home-published
"From little things come big things," Gail Halvorsen remembered his father saying. As a twenty-seven-year-old American pilot, BrotherHalvorsen's job was to airdrop much-needed food and supplies to thepeople of West Berlin in the aftermath of World War II.
From Tom Brokaw, the bestselling author of The Greatest Generation, comes a powerful memoir of a year of dramatic change—a year spent battling cancer and reflecting on a long, happy, and lucky life.Tom Brokaw has led a fortunate life, with a strong marr
“This is the end of the world as we’ve known it,” Kurt Andersen writes in Reset. “But it isn’t the end of the world.” In this smart and refreshingly hopeful book, Andersen–a brilliant analyst and synthesizer of historical and cultural trends
Tom Brokaw, known and beloved for his landmark work in American journalism and for the New York Times bestsellers The Greatest Generation and Boom!, now turns his attention to the challenges that face America in the new millennium, to offer reflections on
"Daphne Cavin's poignant story of love, loss and sacrifice was one of the most memorable I encountered in writing The Greatest Generation. Her daughter now completes the story with this very heartfelt book." - Tom Brokaw The war claimed Daphne Kelley's yo
The heartwarming New York Times bestseller by the author of The Greatest Generation"When I wrote about the men and women who came out of the Depression, who won great victories and made lasting sacrifices in World War II and then returned home to begin bu
