The Greatest Generation
by Tom Brokaw
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375502025
- ISBN 13
- 9780375502026
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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Synopsis
Tom Brokaw , a native of South Dakota, graduated from the University of South Dakota with a degree in political science. He 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's been the sole anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw since 1983. Brokaw has won every major award in broadcast journalism, including two DuPonts, a Peabody Award, and several Emmys. He lives in New York and Montana.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011274
- Title
- The Greatest Generation
- Author
- Tom Brokaw
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375502025
- ISBN 13
- 9780375502026
- Publisher
- Random House Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- TOM BROKAW, WORLD WAR II, BABY BOOMERS, AMERICAN VALUES, ECONOMIC DEPRESSION AND RECESSION, MILITARY DRAFT, The Greatest Generation, women working, aircraft industry, military training, memoirs, military heroes, WACs, Normandy, self-sacrifice, duty, honor
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