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The Greatest Generation Speaks: Letters and Reflections
by [MULTIPLE] Brokaw, Tom
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0375503943
- ISBN 13
- 9780375503948
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
NY: Random House, 1999. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 3rd Printing Third printing per number line. Hard cover in fine condition with white boards, red spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean and tight; no writing, no markings noted. Contains black & white photos. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; not price clipped. * A follow-up companion book to Tom Brokaw's, ""The Greatest Generation."" As he notes, ""I had wanted to write a book about America [The Greatest Generation], and now America is writing back [The Greatest Generation Speaks]. * From the book, ""If we are to heed the past to prepare for the future, we should listen to these quiet voices of a generation that speaks to us of duty and honor, sacrifice and accomplishment. I hope more of their stories will be preserved and cherished as reminders of all that we owe them and all that we can learn from them.""
Synopsis
Tom Brokaw has been the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw since 1983, and won two Emmys for his special reporting in association with Dateline NBC. He lives in New York City and Montana.
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000438
- Title
- The Greatest Generation Speaks: Letters and Reflections
- Author
- [MULTIPLE] Brokaw, Tom
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0375503943
- ISBN 13
- 9780375503948
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- History, World War II, Personal narratives, Memoirs
- Bookseller catalogs
- History of World War II; Biography;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
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Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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- Gilt
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- Number Line
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- Price Clipped
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Text Block
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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This Book’s Categories
- Countries & Cultures North America United States Americana
- History Western History United States History
- Military & Military History
- Military & Military History Wars World War II
- Countries & Cultures
- History History by Period Modern History 20th Century World War II
- Biography & Essays Biography & Memoirs
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