We interrupt this broadcast : the events that stopped our lives-- from the Hindenburg explosion to the Virginia Tech shooting

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Where to find it

Park Library (School of Media & Journalism)

Call Number
PN4784.T4 G36 2008
Status
Available

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Summary

This edition features 3 audio CDs with actual broadcasts and includes a new afterword from NBC's Brian Williams."Altogether, the book and CDs are a keeper, offering both valuable history lessons and a dramatic record of the definitive moments for generations of Americans." --Publishers Weekly"The CDs deliver an exciting, engaging exercise. The events are all hugely memorable. The bits of historic sound are powerfully evocative." --Baltimore Sun"Garner has done a masterful job of collecting these moments, and with the accompanying CDs, one can listen over and over to the moments that shaped this century." --Booklist

Contents

  • Foreword Walter Cronkite
  • Introduction disc
  • The Hindenburg Explodes
  • Pearl Harbor Under Attack
  • D-Day: The Normandy Invasion
  • President Roosevelt Dies
  • V-E Day: War in Europe Ends
  • Atomic Bomb Destroys Hiroshima
  • Japan Surrenders: WWII Ends
  • Truman Defeats Dewey
  • General MacArthur Fired
  • Sputnik Launched by Soviets
  • John Glenn Orbits Earth
  • Marilyn Monroe Dies
  • Cuban Missile Crisis: Nuclear War Threatened
  • President Kennedy Assassinated
  • Japan Surrenders: WWII Ends
  • Truman Defeats Dewey
  • Lee Harvey Oswald Assassinated
  • President Johnson Declines Reelection Bid
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
  • Robert Kennedy Assassinated
  • Apollo 11: Man Walks on Moon
  • Apollo 13: Astronauts Escape Disaster
  • Kent State Massacre
  • Munich Olympics Tragedy
  • Nixon Resigns
  • Saigon Falls
  • Elvis Dies
  • Iran Hostage Crisis
  • John Lennon Assassinated
  • President Reagan Shot
  • The Challenger Explodes
  • Berlin Wall Crumbles
  • Operation Desert Storm Begins
  • Rodney King Verdict Incites Riots
  • Waco Standoff Ends in Disaster
  • O.J. Simpson Saga
  • Oklahoma City Bombing
  • Flight 800 Explodes Over Atlantic
  • Atlanta Olympics Bombing
  • Princess Diana Dies
  • The Impeachment of President Clinton
  • Tragedy at Columbine High School
  • John F. Kennedy Jr. Dies
  • The 200 Election
  • America Under Attack
  • Operation Iraqi Freedom Begins
  • Hurricane Katrina Floods New Orleans
  • The Virginia Tech Massacre
  • Afterword Brian Williams
  • Acknowledgments Audio and Announcer
  • Credits
  • Photography Credits
  • About the Author
  • About the Narrator

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