We Interrupt This Broadcast: The Events That Stopped Our Lives... From the Hindenburg Explosion to the Virginia Tech Shooting
Where Were You When…?\ Few phrases garner as much attention as "We Interrupt This Broadcast…" Wherever we may happen to be, our lives stop for a moment, and we experience those few seconds of anxiety between the interruption and the actual announcement of what has happened.\ In words and images, We Interrupt This Broadcast brings to life the famous and infamous moments that were announced to us with those four chilling words.\ This 10th Anniversary Edition features 3 audio CDs with actual...
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This updated version features 3 audio CDs with actual broadcasts and includes a new afterword from NBC's Brian Williams.
Foreword by Walter Cronkite Introduction disc * The Hindenburg Explodes * Pearl Harbor Under Attack * D-Day: The Normandy Invasion * President Roosevelt Dies * V-E Day: War in Europe Ends * Atomic Bomb Destroys Hiroshima * Japan Surrenders: WWII Ends * Truman Defeats Dewey * General MacArthur Fired * Sputnik Launched by Soviets * John Glenn Orbits Earth * Marilyn Monroe Dies * Cuban Missile Crisis: Nuclear War Threatened * President Kennedy Assassinated * Japan Surrenders: WWII Ends * Truman Defeats Dewey * Lee Harvey Oswald Assassinated * President Johnson Declines Reelection Bid * Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated * Robert Kennedy Assassinated * Apollo 11: Man Walks on Moon * Apollo 13: Astronauts Escape Disaster * Kent State Massacre * Munich Olympics Tragedy * Nixon Resigns * Saigon Falls * Elvis Dies * Iran Hostage Crisis * John Lennon Assassinated * President Reagan Shot * The Challenger Explodes * Berlin Wall Crumbles * Operation Desert Storm Begins * Rodney King Verdict Incites Riots * Waco Standoff Ends in Disaster * O.J. Simpson Saga * Oklahoma City Bombing * Flight 800 Explodes Over Atlantic * Atlanta Olympics Bombing * Princess Diana Dies * The Impeachment of President Clinton * Tragedy at Columbine High School * John F. Kennedy Jr. Dies * The 200 Election * America Under Attack * Operation Iraqi Freedom Begins * Hurricane Katrina Floods New Orleans * The Virginia Tech MassacreAfterword by Brian Williams Acknowledgments Audio and Announcer Credits Photography Credits About the Author About the Narrator
\ From the Publisher""This outstanding examination of 46 profoundly impacting "breaking news" events-from the crash of the Hindenburg to the massacre at Virginia Tech-reminds us of the essential role TV and radio have always played in keeping America informed at moments of celebration as well as catastrophe." " - American Profile\ ""It gives the biggest headlines not only background but also consequence." " - The Book Nest\ ""These are incredibly moving historical milestones and I will admit to choking up and even shedding some tears as I listened to the audio tracks." " - We Be Reading\ ""Effectively combining history, commentary, and audio recordings of actual news broadcasts, Joe Garner's recently re-released We Interrupt This Broadcast is a far cry above the typical coffee-table history book."" - Word Candy\ ""We Interrupt This Broadcast is an amazing journey through our past and all the events that have shaped us into what we are today." " - B&b ex libris\ ""It's that sense of being part of something bigger than ourselves. What is interesting is that besides friends from here in the States, I'll be hosting friends from various parts of the world, from England to Mexico to Brazil and, yet, the images of the fiery Hindenburg, the moon landing, or the tumbling Berlin wall is something that at least one of us sitting around the table eating turkey will have a memory to share from one or more of the major events from the book."\ " - Huffington Post\ ""Hearing the actual broadcasts takes you back in time--even if you were never there. As far as I'm concerned, Sourcebooks has hit another homerun when it comes to bringing history to life."" - Reader For Life\ ""The power of pictures bring back powerful emotions, of sadness, it will remind you of what you were feeling and smelling and doing during the broadcast. At least it did for me."" - Seaside Book Worm Blogger\ ""I sat down intending to just thumb through the book and listen to a bit of a CD and found four hours had gone by, so buyer beware and all that, particularly if you end up purchasing it for someone else ... you may end up keeping it to go over at leisure because there is so much material provided."" - Daily Kos\ ""The real hook is the inclusion of three CDs featuring audio taken from the original radio broadcasts. Narrator Bill Kurtis reads what amounts to condensed versions of the book's articles, punctuated by excerpts of the breaking news. Not intended as a comprehensive account, a good job is done by giving a sort of Cliffs Notes version of major news stories."" - Blog Critics\ \ \
