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BUT the book is really good. I love...more...]]> 75978771 2872720 19807 0553345893 9780553345896 22 <![CDATA[The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America, 1932-1972]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167286719m/19807.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167286719s/19807.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19807.The_Glory_and_the_Dream_A_Narrative_History_of_America_1932_1972 4.38 141 1973 5 1 false Wed Oct 28 00:04:59 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 00:16:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 7563836 465397 19807 0553345893 9780553345896 22 <![CDATA[The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America, 1932-1972]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167286719m/19807.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167286719s/19807.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19807.The_Glory_and_the_Dream_A_Narrative_History_of_America_1932_1972 4.38 141 1973 5 1 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 10 20:47:47 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 19 15:20:59 -0700 2007
I found this to be a particularly poignant read these last few years. (It's a long book, 1300 pages, and I've put it down and taken it up more than a few times in the last two or three years.)

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"Manchester has an uncanny ability to give his readers an almost tactile sense of the past and to make them feel. 'So that's how it was!'" (Christian Science Monitor)

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2. My wife's grandparents, born in 1915 and 1926, felt Manchester captured the spirit of the times better than any other author they had read.]]> 52929128 1862482 19807 0553345893 9780553345896 22 <![CDATA[The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America, 1932-1972]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167286719m/19807.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167286719s/19807.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19807.The_Glory_and_the_Dream_A_Narrative_History_of_America_1932_1972 4.38 141 1973 5 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1985 Thu Apr 16 13:35:05 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 13:37:57 -0700 2009 72650278 2764925 19807 0553345893 9780553345896 22 <![CDATA[The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America, 1932-1972]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167286719m/19807.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167286719s/19807.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19807.The_Glory_and_the_Dream_A_Narrative_History_of_America_1932_1972 4.38 141 1973 5 1 false Sun Sep 27 08:55:19 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 08:58:05 -0700 2009 8808537 607453 19807 0553345893 9780553345896 22 <![CDATA[The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America, 1932-1972]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167286719m/19807.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167286719s/19807.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19807.The_Glory_and_the_Dream_A_Narrative_History_of_America_1932_1972 4.38 141 1973 5 1 false Wed Nov 07 15:37:13 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 08 11:57:07 -0800 2007
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"Manchester has an uncanny ability to give his readers an almost tactile sense of the past and to make them feel. 'So that's how it was!'" (Christian Science Monitor)

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