{"product_id":"boom-voices-of-the-sixties-signed-by-tom-brokaw","title":"\"Boom! Voices of the Sixties\" Signed by Tom Brokaw - Leather-bound, gilt-edged Easton Press edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUpdated on August 20, 2026:\u003c\/strong\u003e This has been sold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFull title: \u003cem\u003eBoom! Voices of the Sixties\u003c\/em\u003e by Tom Brokaw. Published in Norwalk, Connecticut by The Easton Press. Signed First Edition, bound in genuine leather.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNumbered 875 of 1,100.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes a Certificate of Authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the publisher:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"In \u003cem\u003eThe Greatest Generation\u003c\/em\u003e, his landmark bestseller, Tom Brokaw eloquently evoked for America what it meant to come of age during the Great Depression and the Second World War. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Now, in \u003cem\u003eBoom!\u003c\/em\u003e, one of America’s premier journalists gives us an epic portrait of another defining era in America as he brings to life the tumultuous Sixties, a fault line in American history. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The voices and stories of both famous people and ordinary citizens come together as Brokaw takes us on a memorable journey through a remarkable time, exploring how individual lives and the national mindset were affected by a controversial era and showing how the aftershocks of the Sixties continue to resound in our lives today. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"In the reflections of a generation, Brokaw also discovers lessons that might guide us in the years ahead. Boom! One minute it was Ike and the man in the grey flannel suit, and the next minute it was time to “turn on, tune in, drop out.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhile Americans were walking on the moon, Americans were dying in Vietnam. Nothing was beyond question, and there were far fewer answers than before. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Published as the fortieth anniversary of 1968 approaches, \u003cem\u003eBoom!\u003c\/em\u003e gives us what Brokaw sees as a virtual reunion of some members of “the class of ’68,” offering wise and moving reflections and frank personal remembrances about people’s lives during a time of high ideals and profound social, political, and individual change. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"What were the gains, what were the losses? Who were the winners, who were the losers? As they look back decades later, what do members of the Sixties generation think really mattered in that tumultuous time, and what will have meaning going forward? Race, war, politics, feminism, popular culture, and music are all explored here, and we learn from a wide range of people about their lives. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Tom Brokaw explores how members of this generation have gone on to bring activism and a Sixties mindset into individual entrepreneurship today. We hear stories of how this formative decade has led to a recalibrated perspective–on business, the environment, politics, family, our national existence. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Remarkable in its insights, profoundly moving, wonderfully written and reported, this revealing portrait of a generation and of an era, and of the impact of the 1960s on our lives today, lets us be present at this reunion ourselves, and join in these frank conversations about America then, now, and tomorrow.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLike new condition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a beautiful Easton Press limited edition. A\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eccented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Polaris-Header-Title\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShipping:\u003c\/strong\u003e $15. Please allow two weeks for shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History List","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52099381297454,"sku":"RARE-FINDS-VOICES-SIXTIES-BOOK","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1185\/2944\/files\/rare-finds-voices-sixties-book-sold.jpg?v=1787285867","url":"https:\/\/store.thehistorylist.com\/products\/boom-voices-of-the-sixties-signed-by-tom-brokaw","provider":"The History List","version":"1.0","type":"link"}