Tom Brokaw - The Greatest Generation Speaks

General Information =================== Title: The Greatest Generation Speaks Author: Tom Brokaw Read By: Author & Supporting Staff Copyright: 1999 Audiobook Copyright: 2000 Genre: Non Fiction Publisher: Books on Tape Abridged: No Original Media Information ========================== Media: CD Number: 6 Source: Library Condition: Good File Information ================ Number of MP3s: 6 Total Duration: 7:23:21 Total MP3 Size: 304.48 Parity Archive: No Ripped By: me Ripped With: Magix Encoded With: ----------- WinRAR Each disk is a Zero compressed file with all tracks Encoded At: CBR 96 kbit/s 44100 Hz Mono Normalize: None Noise Reduction: None ID3 Tags: Set, v1.1, v2.3 Book Description ================ Amazon.com Review The popularity and credibility of charismatic news anchor Tom Brokaw ensured bestseller status for The Greatest Generation, Brokaw's homage to the Americans who survived and overcame the depression and World War II. The Greatest Generation Speaks expands his thesis that we owe a huge debt of gratitude to those tough and courageous men and women for ensuring the freedoms and comforts that Americans enjoy today. Their stories, culled from letters, interviews, and personal histories of the Greatest Generation and their family members, are anecdotal but extremely powerful, showing how men and women were sustained by simple ideals of patriotism, family, and fair play. This individualistic portrait is exactly how Americans saw themselves: Brokaw's book is a valid reflection of the times. During a period of economic hardship and in a country united by the war effort, choices were simple; few people questioned why America was fighting Germany and Japan. Adversity brought out the best, especially in an optimistic culture like America's. As the soldier who found Beethoven's pianos in a Weimar house says after his unit is shelled, "Nothing like a close call to make the morning more beautiful." The greatest impression that war veterans seem to carry back from war is a sense of comradeship that, in spite of pain and loss, render their war years the most rewarding of all their life experiences. Modern life doesn't necessarily have the same certainties. The Greatest Generation Speaks is a healthy reminder of the foundations on which American society is built. --John Stevenson- From Publishers Weekly Brokaw's TV anchorman voice is deep and reassuring, with a remarkable air of patriarchal authority. With so much puff-chested attitude, he launches into this tape's introduction, explaining that the letters and comments contained came to him in a responsive outpouring in reaction to his book The Greatest Generation, which chronicled the varied experiences of World War II veterans. For him, these missives expressed a shared sense of "values," since lost in American life. The material itself is far less posturing, mostly clear-eyed remembrances from former soldiers, medics, clergy and reporters who served in Europe and Asia. From the home front come stories from women munitions workers, war widows and war orphans. Finally, the author tells of making efforts to reunite parties long-ago separated by tragic events. Here, the matters described move vividly into the present, giving the program a sense of real drama and pathos. Based on the 1999 Random hardcover. http://bayimg.com/LAdaCaaDf

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das_wookie (2011-01-30)

Thanks Rambam! Terrific torrent!
You don't happen to have his first (The Greatest Generation) book for this seriest also read by Brokaw handy do you?

 rambam1776 (2011-02-01)

Done.

das_wookie (2011-02-02)

Sweet! You rule!!! :D

gnawzguz (2013-06-20)

Thanks for the up,rambam1776!
Could you reseed it please?:D

vdubbeet (2015-02-12)

Thanks for the upload. Would someone please seed? I'm stuck at 98% for over 2 days. Thanks so much.