The title of this book is the fifties and it was written by david halberstam. Recommended for anyone interested in history and especially for those capable of connecting the dots from the 50s to the 60s, to the 70s and beyond. He won the pulitzer prize in journalism for his coverage of the vietnam war, and his book the best and the brightest is considered by many one of the best books on the politicians, military men, and events of. Nearly everything in this book either signals or symbolizes a. He is best known for both his courageous coverage of the vietnam war for the new york times, as well as for his twentyone nonfiction bookswhich cover a wide. Magisterial in scope, with a strong youarethere quality, the children is a story one of americas preeminent journalists has waited years to write, a powerful.
What he spends most of his time doing is presenting the 50s as a series of minibiographies a sort of dictionary of national biography for the decade. Rather than using a straightforward linear narrative, halberstam separately profiles many of the notable trends and people of the postworld war ii era, starting with harry s. The fifties were a defining decade for america, complete with sweeping cultural change and political upheaval. Trumans stunning presidential victory in 1948 against thomas e.
David halberstam, an avid sports writer with an investigative reporters tenacity, superbly details the end of the 15year reign of the new york yankees in october 1964. Halberstam feels that franklin roosevelt was still influencing events some time after his demise. A maxim that underscored journalist david halberstams work ethic was that being a professional meant doing the work one loved on the days one didnt feel like doing it. America and the korean war, and the best and the brightest, and more on. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Books by david halberstam author of the breaks of the game. The rise and fall of an american dreamer documentary duration.
Halberstam s latest book, the fifties, is no less in scope. David halberstam, a pulitzer prizewinning journalist, has chronicled the social, political, and athletic life of america in such bestselling books as the fifties, the best and the brightest, and the amateurs. David halberstam has 69 books on goodreads with 144167 ratings. The 1950s is a seminal decade in the history of our nation. Halberstam writes of the decade in a clear, fastmoving prose, and despite the books enormous bulk, is actually a remarkably fast read.
Halberstams latest book, the fifties, is no less in scope. David halberstam april 10, 1934 april 23, 2007 was an american writer, journalist, and historian, known for his work on the vietnam war, politics, history, the civil rights movement, business, media, american culture, and later, sports journalism. He went on to become the bestselling author of more than 20 meticulously researched books. A massive cultural history of the decade, it seeks to trace the roots of our current national psyche and explain how we have become what. More than a survey of the decade, it is a masterfully woven examination of farreaching change, from the unexpected popularity of holiday inn to the marketing savvy. David halberstam books list of books by author david halberstam. The riveting story of how two very different baseball teams, reflective of the times in america, got to the 1964 world series. Possible clean exlibrary copy, with their stickers and or stamps. Halberstams premise is that vast changes had occurred in american society in the 15 years that.
See all books authored by david halberstam, including the coldest winter. He talked about the social climate of the 1950s including the effects of the spread of television across the country, the introduction of situational comedies, the birth control pill, senator joseph. The fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that david halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our. The fifties by david halberstam, 9780449909331, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The children is david halberstam s brilliant and moving evocation of the early days of the civil rights movement, as seen through the story of the young people the childrenwho met in the 1960s and went on to lead the revolution. After halberstam s death, the book project was taken over by frank gifford, who played for the losing new york giants in the 1958 game, and was titled the glory game, published by harpercollins in october 2008 with an introduction dedicated to david halberstam. Book overview 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.
It is the decade of joe mccarthy and the young martin luther king, the korean war and levittown, jack kerouac and elvis presley. Published in 1993 by villard books, book and mylar protected dust jacket are fine. David halberstam, born april 10, 1934, new york, new york, u. Dick and mac mcdonald and ray kroc, who massproduced. Pulitzer prizes omitted in drama, fiction, music may 5, 1964 halberstam won the pulitzer prize for journalism for his coverage of the vietnam conflict for the new york times. Eisenhower dulles, oppenheimer, macarthur, hoover, and nixon, but also of harley earl. David halberstam, who died in a car accident on april 23rd, at the age of seventythree, was a product of the cold war, a selfdescribed square from the fifties who went off to cover the.
Feb 04, 2014 1997 history channel documentary based on david halberstam s book. The book backs up a bit into the late 1940s to get a handle on the politics of the fifties. Halberstam offers no explicit themes or theses, but if there is an overarching implicit theme, it is the fifties not as a. An in depth documentary of all aspects of life in the 1950s. Ideologically speaking, the years that david halberstam brings to life in the. David halberstams most popular book is the breaks of the game. David halberstam april 10, 1934 april 23, 2007 was an american journalist and historian, known for his work on the vietnam war, politics, history, the civil rights movement, business, media, american culture, and later, sports journalism. 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, author of the best and the brightest, discussed the research behind his latest book, the fifties, published by fawcett books. The fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that david halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today. The fifties by david halberstam is a historical exploration of the 1950s, a decade full of change and promise while being overshadowed by the threat of the cold war. The fifties by david halberstam carter wrenn posted on december, 2016 a book about the 1950s sounds like a bland and vanilla story but it turns out david halberstam had two stories to tell and one wasnt about the 50s.
It was fun to read david halberstams book the fifties, and it brought back a flood of memories. He won a pulitzer prize for international reporting in 1964. This decade is also the focus of david halberstam s triumphant the fifties, which stands as an enduring classic and was an instant new york times bestseller upon its publication. Halberstam offers portraits of not only the titans of the age. He won the pulitzer prize in journalism for his coverage of the vietnam war, and his book the best and the brightest is considered by many one of the best books on the politicians, military men, and events of the vietnam war. The fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural hi.
Buy the fifties by david halberstam online at alibris. Halberstam not only gives us the titans of the age eisenhower, dulles, oppenheimer. Halberstam, including titles like the fundamentals of sports media and sponsorship sales. They were almost one of the first attempts of television to go to casting in everything you shot the idea that television, everything it did, had to be cast and they were part of the great quiz show scandal. David halberstam 19342007 was a pulitzer prizewinning journalist and bestselling author. Eisenhower, dulles, oppenheimer, macarthur, hoover, and nixon. David halberstam was a journalist who died in a car accident in 2007 at the age of 73. Very minimal writing or notations in margins not affecting the text. One of the most popular and imitated nonfiction writers around, david halberstam wrote books that fused narrative storytelling with investigative reporting. With edward herrmann, david halberstam, john chancellor, jack anderson. Pulitzer prizewinning journalist halberstam the fifties, 1993, etc.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Rather than using a straightforward linear narrative, halberstam separately profiles many of the notable trends and people of the post world war ii era, starting with harry s. Changing topics with each chapter makes the book less intimidating than the 800 page size implies. The children is david halberstams brilliant and moving evocation of the early days of the civil rights movement, as seen through the story of the young peoplethe childrenwho met in the 1960s and went on to lead the revolution. David halberstams amazing 1993 book the fifties was written to be a comprehensive documentnot of a single decade, but of an american epoch that began with the atomic bomb dropping on hiroshima and ended with john f. Some of the things that people believe about it are true, but by no means all.
June 1, 1993 in the best and the brightest, the powers that be, and the reckoning, halberstam proved that he can master intimidating subjects with aplomband in this massive tome on a convulsive decade in american life, he meets with equal success. He is best known for both his courageous coverage of the vietnam war for the new york times, as well as for his twentyone nonfiction bookswhich cover a wide array of topics, from the plight of detroit and the auto industry to the captivating origins of baseballs fiercest rivalry. Eisenhower, dulles, oppenheimer, macarthur, hoover, and nixon, but also of harley earl, who put. The best and the brightest audiobook by david halberstam. The story is dramatic, but the book is far too long. Buy a cheap copy of the fifties book by david halberstam. Available is a signed 1st ed2nd prtg, w complete numberline 98765432 but lacking first edition statement, of the fifties by the late david halberstam. Eisenhower dulles, oppenheimer, macarthur, hoover, and nixon, but also of harley earl, who put fins on cars. David halberstam was a pulitzer prizewinning 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. David halberstams book was immensely fascinating, organized beautifully, and i was captivated the entire time. This decade is also the focus of david halberstams triumphant the fifties, which stands as an enduring classic and was an instant new york times bestseller upon its publication.
The fifties by david halberstam incredibly interesting. At 800 pages, its a massive, thoroughly researched, incredibly detailed account of american postwar political, consumer, and popular culture. The fifties 1993 is a history book by david halberstam centered on the decade of the 1950s in the united states. It was published by ballantine books and has a total of 816 pages in the book. Halberstam was killed in a car crash in 2007, while doing research for a book.
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