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The greatest generation / Tom Brokaw.

By: Publication details: New York : Random House, c1998.Description: xxx, 412 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0375502025 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940.54/8173 21
LOC classification:
  • D811.A2 B746 1998
Contents:
GENERATIONS -- THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES -- ORDINARY PEOPLE: Thomas and Eileen Broderick: Insurance Agency Owner; Charles O. Van Gorder, MD: Surgeon; Wesley Ko: Printing Business; James and Dorothy Dowling: Highway Superintendent; Rev. Harry Reginald "Reg" Hammond: Anglican Priest; Lloyd Kilmer: County Clerk and Real Estate Executive; Gordon Larsen: Powerhouse Operator; John "Lefty" Caulfield: School Principal. -- HOME FRONT: Charles Briscoe: Boeing Engineer; Dorothy Haener: UAW Organizer. -- HEROES: Bob Bush: Lumber and Building Supply Business; Joe Foss: U.S. Marine Corps Pilot; Leonard "Bud" Lomell: Lawyer. -- WOMEN IN UNIFORM AND OUT: Mary Hallaren: Colonel, U.S. Army, Women's Auxiliary Corps; Jeanne Holm: General, U.S. Air Force; Marion Rivers Nittel; Claudine "Scottie" Lingelbach: Teacher/Real Estate Agent; Alison Ely Campbell; Margaret Ray Ringenberg: Women's Air Force Service Pilot; Mary Louise Roberts Wilson: U.S. Army Nurse Corps. -- SHAME: Martha Settle Putney: History Professor; Johnnie Holmes: Real Estate Investor; Luis Armijo: Schoolteacher; Nao Takasugi: California State Assemblyman; Norman Mineta: California Congressman. -- LOVE, MARRIAGE, COMMITMENT: John and Peggy Assenzio: Salesman/Teacher; The Dumbos; Gaylord and Carrie Lee Nelson: Governor and Senator; Jeanette Gagne Norton; Daphne Cavin. -- FAMOUS PEOPLE: George Bush: President of the United States; Ben Bradlee: Journalist; Art Buchwald: Writer; Andy Rooney: Journalist; Julia Child: Chef; Gertrude Belle "Trudy" Elion: Chemist; Chesterfield Smith: Attorney, President of the American Bar Association; Al Neuharth: Founder, USA Today; Maurice "Hank" Greenberg: CEO, American International Group. -- The Arena: Mark Hatfield: U.S. Senator; Robert Dole: U.S. Senator, Presidential Candidate; Daniel Inouye: U.S. Senator; Caspar Weinberger: Secretary of Defense; Lloyd Cutler: Counsel to Presidents Carter and Clinton; George Shultz: Cabinet Member; Arthur Schlesinger: Historian; Ed Guthman: Journalist, Press Secretary to Robert F. Kennedy. -- The Twilight of their Lives.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks D811 .A2 B746 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039000691047

Includes index.

GENERATIONS -- THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES -- ORDINARY PEOPLE: Thomas and Eileen Broderick: Insurance Agency Owner; Charles O. Van Gorder, MD: Surgeon; Wesley Ko: Printing Business; James and Dorothy Dowling: Highway Superintendent; Rev. Harry Reginald "Reg" Hammond: Anglican Priest; Lloyd Kilmer: County Clerk and Real Estate Executive; Gordon Larsen: Powerhouse Operator; John "Lefty" Caulfield: School Principal. -- HOME FRONT: Charles Briscoe: Boeing Engineer; Dorothy Haener: UAW Organizer. -- HEROES: Bob Bush: Lumber and Building Supply Business; Joe Foss: U.S. Marine Corps Pilot; Leonard "Bud" Lomell: Lawyer. -- WOMEN IN UNIFORM AND OUT: Mary Hallaren: Colonel, U.S. Army, Women's Auxiliary Corps; Jeanne Holm: General, U.S. Air Force; Marion Rivers Nittel; Claudine "Scottie" Lingelbach: Teacher/Real Estate Agent; Alison Ely Campbell; Margaret Ray Ringenberg: Women's Air Force Service Pilot; Mary Louise Roberts Wilson: U.S. Army Nurse Corps. -- SHAME: Martha Settle Putney: History Professor; Johnnie Holmes: Real Estate Investor; Luis Armijo: Schoolteacher; Nao Takasugi: California State Assemblyman; Norman Mineta: California Congressman. -- LOVE, MARRIAGE, COMMITMENT: John and Peggy Assenzio: Salesman/Teacher; The Dumbos; Gaylord and Carrie Lee Nelson: Governor and Senator; Jeanette Gagne Norton; Daphne Cavin. -- FAMOUS PEOPLE: George Bush: President of the United States; Ben Bradlee: Journalist; Art Buchwald: Writer; Andy Rooney: Journalist; Julia Child: Chef; Gertrude Belle "Trudy" Elion: Chemist; Chesterfield Smith: Attorney, President of the American Bar Association; Al Neuharth: Founder, USA Today; Maurice "Hank" Greenberg: CEO, American International Group. -- The Arena: Mark Hatfield: U.S. Senator; Robert Dole: U.S. Senator, Presidential Candidate; Daniel Inouye: U.S. Senator; Caspar Weinberger: Secretary of Defense; Lloyd Cutler: Counsel to Presidents Carter and Clinton; George Shultz: Cabinet Member; Arthur Schlesinger: Historian; Ed Guthman: Journalist, Press Secretary to Robert F. Kennedy. -- The Twilight of their Lives.

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