- Hardcover: 608 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group; 1 edition (3 Jun 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0385483279
- ISBN-13: 978-0385483278
- Product Dimensions: 26.4 x 23.4 x 5.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,555,336 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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What was it like to watch the Wright Brothers soar into the sky? To hear the first crackling voice aired on the radio? To cower in the ghastly trenches of Europe during World War I? To lose everything in the stock-market crash of 1929, or experience the birth of rock and roll? To watch the Berlin Wall divide East and West, and then, twenty-eight years later, to see it fall under the weight of tens of thousands seeking to taste freedom? For the past seven years, researchers, reporters, and producers for ABC News have searched the world's archives for the rarest and most stunning photographs and images, consulted eminent twentieth-century historians, and discovered and interviewed hundreds of eyewitnesses and participants in the significant moments of the most eventful one hundred years in human history.
The result is this spectacular book, the independent companion volume to the landmark ABC News and The History Channel television series The Century. Co-written by ABC News Anchor Peter Jennings and Senior Editorial Producer Todd Brewster, The Century features a narrative of extraordinary quality that tracks major themes--the impact of technology, the soaring of the imagination, the ghastly violence, the joy of entertainment--through chronological chapters recounting the signal moments of each era in the century. From "Seeds of Change: 1901-1914" to "Machine Dreams: 1990-1999," each chapter is threaded through with fascinating first-person accounts of the great events of the twentieth century, and illustrated with over five hundred color and black-and-white photographs (many never published before) reproduced in exquisite depth and clarity.
The Century presents history as it was lived, and as it will be remembered for the next hundred years. Here is a keepsake volume destined to be an essential part of every family's library: an epic journey through the last hundred years, whose heroes are our grandparents, our parents, ourselves.
The result is this spectacular book, the independent companion volume to the landmark ABC News and The History Channel television series The Century. Co-written by ABC News Anchor Peter Jennings and Senior Editorial Producer Todd Brewster, The Century features a narrative of extraordinary quality that tracks major themes--the impact of technology, the soaring of the imagination, the ghastly violence, the joy of entertainment--through chronological chapters recounting the signal moments of each era in the century. From "Seeds of Change: 1901-1914" to "Machine Dreams: 1990-1999," each chapter is threaded through with fascinating first-person accounts of the great events of the twentieth century, and illustrated with over five hundred color and black-and-white photographs (many never published before) reproduced in exquisite depth and clarity.
The Century presents history as it was lived, and as it will be remembered for the next hundred years. Here is a keepsake volume destined to be an essential part of every family's library: an epic journey through the last hundred years, whose heroes are our grandparents, our parents, ourselves.
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Format:Hardcover
The succinct writing of Brewster and Jennings and the exciting capsules of history are unsurpassed. This is a book to be treasured for years. Can't wait for the TV series.
Format:Hardcover
FANTASITIC BOOK wonderful book on History and Current Affairs.
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82 of 87 people found the following review helpful
A Great Book
3 Dec 1999
Format:Hardcover
I found this book to be very enjoyable. The pictures were wonderful. I realized that I had experienced most of what was in the book or I had a relative that had lived through that period. Looking at some of the pictures was like seeing pictures of my own family. Other pictures and writing reminded me of the things that I have experienced during my life. I think that is what this book was meant to do. I do not think that it was meant to be an exact treatise of American history or to neglect world history, but to help us to remember the remarkable things that have happened during this century.
61 of 69 people found the following review helpful
A must-have for your home
14 Dec 1999
Format:Hardcover
I usually acquire what knowledge of history I have from novels or movies like Saving Private Ryan or The Triumph and Glory. Fictional presentation of historic events is usually far more interesting than dry paragraphs of academic prose about past events. But Jennings' book is an exception to that rule--it is very well written and accompanied by intriguing photos and captions that stirred my interest and led me to further explore the bewildering but fascinating field of history.
62 of 78 people found the following review helpful
Invest in a good paperweight instead!
18 Nov 1999
Format:Hardcover
This book, which purports to be an historical account of our century, is nothing but a colossal flop and big disappointment. All the glossy pictures and captions are interesting for about five or ten minutes, and then this book will start taking up space and collecting dust on your coffee table or bookcase. Jennings and Brewster claim to cover the history of the 20th century in this book, but what they have produced instead is a dumbed down, jaded, and insultingly simplistic work of tabloid journalism masquarading as history. My condolences to anyone who was duped into buying this book by all of the hype. For those of you who have not yet plopped down the 40+ dollars for this book, don't do it! Invest in a good paperweight instead! Or better yet, read one of the many well-written books about historical events that occurred in the 20th century. At least then you will have a better idea of what you are getting and will not be disappointed, insulted, and misinformed by Jennings' media spin machine.
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