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Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
143 p. : chiefly col. ill ; 24 cm.
Description
"Here in 144 color pages, with more than 200 color slides, Charles Phoenix tells the story of an era in American history--the Space Age, the Jell-O Salad Days, the Prom Time... yes, indeed, the Mid-Century. A little kitsch here, a lotta love there, some sadness, some joy and most of all, a rollicking good time"--Provided by publisher.
5) Dream lucky: when FDR was in the White House, Count Basie was on the radio, and everyone wore a hat
Author
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
242 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A chronicle of the last 50 years of American music, politics and popular culture. This special documentary offers the unique perspective of a celebrated magazine that always understood that rock 'n' roll was more than just music; it was a cultural force that helped shape America and defined generations.
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Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
x, 387 pages ; 25 cm
Description
America's preeminent columnist presents his penetrating and surprising reflections on everything from embryo research to entitlement reform, from Halley's Comet to border collies, from Christopher Columbus to Martin Luther King, from drone warfare to American decline. Features a special, highly autobiographical introduction.
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
283 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 37 cm
Description
"For the past fifty years, Rolling Stone has been a leading voice in journalism, cultural criticism, and--above all--music. This landmark book documents the magazine's rise to prominence as the voice of rock and roll and a leading showcase for era-defining photography. From the 1960s to the present day, the book offers a decade-by-decade exploration of American music and history. Interviews with rock legends--Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Kurt Cobain, Bruce...
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A Chicago Tribune Noteworthy Book
A GoodReads Reader's Choice
In One Summer Bill Bryson, one of our greatest and most beloved nonfiction writers, transports readers on a journey back to one amazing season in American life.
The summer of 1927 began with one of the signature events of the twentieth century: on May 21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh became the first man to cross the Atlantic by plane nonstop, and when he landed...
A GoodReads Reader's Choice
In One Summer Bill Bryson, one of our greatest and most beloved nonfiction writers, transports readers on a journey back to one amazing season in American life.
The summer of 1927 began with one of the signature events of the twentieth century: on May 21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh became the first man to cross the Atlantic by plane nonstop, and when he landed...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xiv, 857 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Description
Menand analyzes the economic, demographic, and technological forces that drove social and cultural change in US during the twenty years following the end of the Second World War. Introducing us to the personalities at the center of this transformation-- artists and thinkers both in the US and abroad-- he shows how they exerted a powerful influence on postwar art and thought. It was an exciting period of creative innovation and intellectual debate,...
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Series
Pub. Date
p2013
Physical Desc
10 sound discs (12 hr., 45 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Against a backdrop of late-night tattoo sessions and soldier-of-fortune trade shows, Dr. Thompson is at his apocalyptic best--covering emblematic events such as the 1987-88 presidential campaign, with Vice President George Bush, Sr., fighting for his life against Republican competitors like Alexander Haig, Pat Buchanan, and Pat Robertson; detailing the GOP's obsession with drugs and drug abuse; while at the same time capturing momentous social phenomena...
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Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xxxiii, 282 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
"A history of American ideas about life and death includes coverage of topics ranging from the 17th-century Englishman who investigated a belief about life starting with eggs and the heated debates over Darwin's evolutionary findings to the role of the Space Age in changing views on planetary life to the 1970s trends in cryogenics." --Publishers description
A history of American ideas about life and death from before the cradle to beyond the grave....
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