The Fifties
$48.94
- Paperback
848 pages
- Release Date
29 July 1994
Summary
The Fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that Halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today. Halberstam offers portraits of not only the titans of the age- Eisenhower, Dulles, Oppenheimer, MacArthur, Hoover, and Nixon, but also of Harley Earl, who put fins on cars; Dick and Mac McDonald and Ray Kroc, who mass-produced the American hamburger; Kemmons Wilson, who placed his Holiday Inns along the nation’s roadsides; U-2…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780449909331 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0449909336 |
| Author: | David Halberstam |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Fawcett |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 848 |
| Release Date: | 29 July 1994 |
| Weight: | 624g |
| Dimensions: | 209mm x 138mm x 37mm |
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About The Author
David Halberstam
David Halberstam was a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of numerous books, including The Best and the Brightest, The Powers That Be, The Reckoning, Summer of ‘49, Playing for Keeps, and War in a Time of Peace. He died in April 2007.
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