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In Boom!, Tom Brokaw, one of America’s premier journalists and the acclaimed writer of THE BEST Generation, gives us an epic portrait of another defining era in America: the tumultuous Sixties. The voices and stories of both famous people and ordinary citizens get together in this “virtual reunion” as Brokaw takes us on the memorable journey by having a impressive time, exploring how individuals and the national mood were influenced by a controversial era and showing the way the aftershocks of the Sixties continue steadily to resound inside our lives today. In the reflections of any generation, Brokaw also discovers lessons that may guide us in the years ahead. Race, politics, war, feminism, popular culture, and music are delved into here. Brokaw explores how members of this generation have gone on to bring activism and a Sixties mindset into individual entrepreneurship , as we hear stories of how this formative decade has shaped our perspectives on business, the surroundings, politics, family, and our national existence. Remarkable in its insights, wonderfully written and reported, this revealing book allows us to interact these frank conversations about America then, now, and tomorrow.
Praise for Boom!
“Tom Brokaw does a fantastic job of capturing an exciting, controversial period in American history and Boom! is a worthy addition to his growing canon.”–New York Post
“[Tom Brokaw] approaches this magnum opus with warmth, curiosity and conviction, the same attributes that worked so well for his Greatest Generation.”
–THE BRAND NEW York Times
“[A] verbal scrapbook of the Sixties . . . [Boom! shows] that the era’s core issues–racism, women’s rights, a nation-dividing war–remain central today, and that the values boomers championed haven’t yet gone bust.”
–People (four stars)
“Filled with memorable people, places, events . . . A ‘virtual reunion’ of 1960s folks telling what they did in the past, where they’ve been since and exactly how they assess that tumultuous decade.”
–Chicago Tribune
“Genuinely fascinating recollections . . . plenty of memorable anecdotes.”
–The Wall Street Journal
