
The Glory and the Dream
A Narrative History of America, 1932 - 1972
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Jeff Riggenbach
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.
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Would you listen to The Glory and the Dream again? Why?
I might listen to it again in the future- as some of the details could need refreshing, and I found the experience relaxing.What other book might you compare The Glory and the Dream to and why?
I'd compare it to the podcast "Whistlestop" from John Dickerson (of Slate's Political Gabfest and Face the Nation - I purchased this at his recommendation) - it has the same sort of appreciation of the multiple perspectives of history from the big events to the little cultural details that just belies a love of history that becomes infectious.Which scene was your favorite?
I really enjoyed the section on the Bay of Pigs invasion - I had never understood JFK's decision until I heard the whole story here.Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
This is audiobook was practically it's own hobby - it's a great value for 1 credit.Any additional comments?
There were some damaged areas of the audio files, and my attempts to address them with audible support were failures. (Support basically didn't closely read my comments after asking me where to detail the issues with the audio bookGreat book - recording needs to be fixed though
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
This book is really great. I was skeptical about some of the reviews where the listener heard audio glitches. They must have fixed that because I only ever heard one noticible glitch in a book that is two whole volumes.I first read Manchester's The Last Lion Pt. 2 - Alone, and I thought he was a great author but this book blew me away. It is a narrivitve history and one that everyone should read and listen to.
I plan on listening to it again down the road, it was that good.
Who was your favorite character and why?
No favorites, there are hundreds.10/30/13 - Simpy one of the best
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Great book but....
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The narrator, while dry and to the point, was none the less fantastic, and I want to purchase more books that he reads.
So glad I pulled through this
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In this overly long book, the author’s notation not mine, William Manchester covers everything that impacted American culture or at least tries to. This book is a great survey history of this era. The covering of this particular 40 years can be seen as a history of the growth and height of the liberal movement. With Franklin D. Roosevelt as the beginning, and Richard M. Nixon as the beginning of the end for it.
Manchester’s work is a great history by a writer who clearly had fun writing. The phrasing and transition sentences show a sheer pleasure in finding a right way that was entertaining to the author and therefore the reader. This large book is worth the reading for any history student especially for the heart of the twentieth Century.
Manchester is a great writer
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LONG but a must-read
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Great overview of re ent US history
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Amateur production of a masterpiece.
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G&D
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So Incredibly interesting!
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