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GtrsRGr8 · 11-25-2014, 05:05 AM

There were a lot of markdowns out there yesterday (Monday). I felt that this book had to be one of the ones that I posted. Why? In addition to being marked way down, it's massive (1357 pages!) (so, a great value for the price), very highly-rated (5 stars), and written by a highly-regarded historian (William Manchester).

The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America, 1932-1972. By William Manchester. Rated 5 stars from 42 reviews at the present moment. Digital list(?) price $9.99; Kindle price now $3.99. RosettaBooks, publisher. 1357 pages. http://www.amazon.com/The-Glory-Drea...N%3DB00GOENBHA.

Book Description
Award-winning historian and biographer William Manchester, author of The Last Lion, an epic three-volume biography of Winston Churchill, brings us an evocative and powerful exploration of the American way of life from 1932 to 1972. Covering almost every facet of American culture during a very diverse and tumultuous period in history, Manchester's account is both dramatic and surprisingly intimate--with compelling details that could only be known by a dedicated historian who lived through and documented this fascinating time in history.

For several decades, William Manchester was the most popular and highly regarded historian and biographer of his time--and this book provides the reader with a powerful example of the reason for that reputation.

"There is no fiction that can compete with good, gossipy, anecdotal history--the inside story of who said or did what in moments of great tensions or crisis... I think you ought to read this history and weep, read it and laugh, read it and don't repeat it." --Anatole Broyard

11-25-2014, 05:05 AM	#245
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	History of the United States from 1932-1972, Marked Way Down There were a lot of markdowns out there yesterday (Monday). I felt that this book had to be one of the ones that I posted. Why? In addition to being marked way down, it's massive (1357 pages!) (so, a great value for the price), very highly-rated (5 stars), and written by a highly-regarded historian (William Manchester). The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America, 1932-1972. By William Manchester. Rated 5 stars from 42 reviews at the present moment. Digital list(?) price $9.99; Kindle price now $3.99. RosettaBooks, publisher. 1357 pages. http://www.amazon.com/The-Glory-Drea...N%3DB00GOENBHA. Book Description Award-winning historian and biographer William Manchester, author of The Last Lion, an epic three-volume biography of Winston Churchill, brings us an evocative and powerful exploration of the American way of life from 1932 to 1972. Covering almost every facet of American culture during a very diverse and tumultuous period in history, Manchester's account is both dramatic and surprisingly intimate--with compelling details that could only be known by a dedicated historian who lived through and documented this fascinating time in history. For several decades, William Manchester was the most popular and highly regarded historian and biographer of his time--and this book provides the reader with a powerful example of the reason for that reputation. "There is no fiction that can compete with good, gossipy, anecdotal history--the inside story of who said or did what in moments of great tensions or crisis... I think you ought to read this history and weep, read it and laugh, read it and don't repeat it." --Anatole Broyard Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 11-26-2014 at 03:57 AM.