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We Interrupt This Broadcast : the Events That Stopped Our Lives...from the Hindenburg Explosion to the Death of John F. Kennedy, Jr. : Joe Garner
$29.97
1570719748
All 40% Off Sales Final - Not Guaranteed Updated Third Edition Edited by Joe Garner - Foreword by Walter Cronkite - Narrated by Bill Kurtis - Original Broadcasts - Nonfiction - 2 COMPACT DISCS + 192 page hardcover book Publisher, Sourcebooks (May 2002) 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, on two audio compact discs plus a 168 page hardcover book, We Interrupt This Broadcast brings to life the famous and infamous moments of the 20th century that were announced to us with those four chilling words. From the dawn of electronic media to today, from the catastrophe of the Hindenburg to the tragic death of Diana, Princess of Wales, these are the 38 events that stopped us in our tracks and changed our world. We Interrupt This Broadcast recounts the details of the events and spotlights the photographs that tell the stories. Accompanying the book, two digitally mastered COMPACT DISCS contain over two hours of audio from the events, narrated by award-winning journalist Bill Kurtis, and a foreword on the state of journalism today by the dean of broadcasting, Walter Cronkite. These heart-stopping moments include both the famous words you remember and rare audio footage that will bring you back into the magnitude of the event, allowing you to share with your friends, family, children and grandchildren your memories of where you were when the world stopped, and we held our breath in anticipation. "Altogether, the book and CDs are a keeper, offering both valuable history lessons and a dramatic record of the definitive moments for generations of Americans." —Publishers Weekly "The two CDs deliver an exciting, engaging exercise...The events are all hugely memorable. The bits of historic sound are powerfully evocative." —Baltimore Sun "News junkies can go in for the good stuff with this book and CD set...an impressive tome of rare photos and historical accounts...." —Time Out New York "...the ability of the electronic media to capture history couldn’t be more powerful—or chilling." —Biography magazine About the Author: Joe Garner is the New York Times bestselling author of And The Crowd Goes Wild, And The Fans Roared and Echoes of Notre Dame Football. A 20-year veteran of the radio business, his expertise on the media's coverage of major sporting and news events has been featured on Larry King Live, Weekend Today, CNN and NPR's Morning Edition. Garner's books have also been bestsellers in the Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly and USA Today. Bill Kurtis has been earning the respect of viewers, colleagues and competitors in television journalism for over thirty years. His career has touched every facet of the most influential medium in our lives. Millions of viewers now join him each weeknight as he presents hour-long, in-depth documentaries on the A&E Network. His earlier broadcast career was spent with CBS, as an anchorman at WBBM-TV in Chicago and correspondent and anchor for CBS News in Los Angeles and New York. Currently, his creative efforts are focused on Kurtis Productions, Ltd., and he has become one of the country's foremost producers of documentaries for television. Bill is executive producer of three award-winning, prime-time series for the A&E Network: the Peabody Award-winning science adventure series, The New Explorers with Bill Kurtis, and the highly acclaimed Investigative Reports and American Justice. His first book, Bill Kurtis on Assignment, features accounts of his international reporting accompanied by more than one hundred of his photographs. Table of Contents Foreword by Walter Cronkite |
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