What It Felt Like: Living in the American Century
Author | : Henry Allen |
Publisher | : New Word City |
Total Pages | : 87 |
Release | : 2015-06-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781612308883 |
ISBN-13 | : 1612308880 |
Rating | : 4/5 (880 Downloads) |
Download or read book What It Felt Like: Living in the American Century written by Henry Allen and published by New Word City. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This treasure of a book from Henry Allen, Pulitzer Prize winner and veteran feature writer and editor at the Washington Post, provides a vivid and captivating evocation of the social, cultural, and spiritual tenor of the twentieth century. Each of these ten chapters is a virtual time capsule written with keen intelligence, feeling, and an uncanny sense of the essential experiences of the era: the unexpected, idiosyncratic sights, sounds, occasions, and events that defined not just the time but the way we remember it. This is a book of myriad pleasures - a reminder of the richness and importance of the past.