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The Fifties

By David Halberstam

By David Halberstam

By David Halberstam
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By David Halberstam
Read by Robertson Dean

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May 10, 1994 | ISBN 9780449909331

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    About The Fifties

    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 offers portraits of not only the titans of the age: Eisenhower Dulles, Oppenheimer, MacArthur, Hoover, and Nixon, but also of Harley Earl, who put fins on cars; Dick and Mac McDonald and Ray Kroc, who mass-produced the American hamburger; Kemmons Wilson, who placed his Holiday Inns along the nation’s roadsides; U-2 pilot Gary Francis Powers; Grace Metalious, who wrote Peyton Place; and "Goody" Pincus, who led the team that invented the Pill.

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    About The Fifties

    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 offers portraits of not only the titans of the age: Eisenhower Dulles, Oppenheimer, MacArthur, Hoover, and Nixon, but also of Harley Earl, who put fins on cars; Dick and Mac McDonald and Ray Kroc, who mass-produced the American hamburger; Kemmons Wilson, who placed his Holiday Inns along the nation’s roadsides; U-2 pilot Gary Francis Powers; Grace Metalious, who wrote Peyton Place; and "Goody" Pincus, who led the team that invented the Pill.

    A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

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    About David Halberstam

    David Halberstam was a Pulitzer Prize–winning 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. He died in April 2007.

    About David Halberstam

    David Halberstam was a Pulitzer Prize–winning 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. He died in April 2007.

    Product Details

    Category: 20th Century U.S. History

    Paperback | $22.00
    Published by Ballantine Books
    May 10, 1994 | 848 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9780449909331

    Category: 20th Century U.S. History | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $35.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Sep 04, 2018 | 2084 Minutes | ISBN 9780525643609
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