| Edition |
First large print edition. |
| Description |
xxvi, 370 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
The author, known for his landmark work in American journalism and for his other books, The Greatest Generation, and Boom!, now turns his attention to the challenges that face America in the new millennium, to offer reflections on how we can restore America's greatness. "What happened to the America I thought I knew?" he writes. "Have we simply wandered off course, but only temporarily? Or have we allowed ourselves to be so divided that we are easy prey for hijackers who could steer us onto a path to a crash landing? I do have some thoughts, original and inspired by others, for our journey into the heart of a new century." Rooted in the values, lessons, and verities of generations past and of his South Dakota upbringing, he weaves together stories of Americans who are making a difference and personal stories from his own family history, to engage us in a conversation about our country and to offer ideas for how we can revitalize the promise of the American Dream. Inviting us to foster a rebirth of family, community, and civic engagement as profound as the one that won World War II, built our postwar prosperity, and ushered in the Civil Rights era, he traces the changes in modern life, in values, education, public service, housing, the Internet, and more, that have transformed our society in the decades since the age of thrift in which he was raised. Offering ideas from Americans who are change agents in their communities, he gives us a book that is a vision of hopefulness in an age of dimished expectations. |
| Note |
GMD: large print. |
| Subject |
United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017
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Social problems -- United States.
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National characteristics, American.
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Brokaw, Tom.
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Television news anchors -- United States -- Biography.
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Television journalists -- United States -- Biography.
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Large type books.
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| Genre/Form |
Large type books.
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| Cover Title |
Time of our lives : a conversation about America : who we are, where we've been, and where we need to go now, to recapture the American dream |
| ISBN |
9780739326831 lg. print pbk. $26.00 |
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073932683X lg. print pbk. |
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9781617932328 |
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1617932329 |
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