America 1908: The Dawn of Flight, the Race to the Pole, the Invention of the Model T, and the Making of a Modern Nation
By Jim Rasenberger
Read by James Jenner
Unabridged
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ISBN: 9781664489615
| Runtime: | 13.61 Hours |
| Category: | Nonfiction/History |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
Renowned historian Jim Rasenberger turns his keen eye on America at the dawn of the 20th century-a time when innovation seemed to know no bounds. "Rasenberger renders 1908 as a series of snapshots, and his camera never blinks."-Publishers WeeklyEditorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“Jim Rasenberg has found the perfect aperture through which to view the explosion of modernity. 1908 was indeed a big bang of a year, a year full of hope and promise but also one which presented our world with a Pandora’s box of unforeseen perils. Reader will love—and historians will envy—the graceful simplicity of Rasenberger’s singular prism. America, 1908 effortlessly transports us back to the future, to a distant time and place that seems oddly familiar.” —Hampton Sides, New York Times bestselling author
“What a difference a century makes, and how easy the confidence of 1908 looks by contrast with today…Rasenberger renders 1908 as a series of snapshots, and his camera never blinks.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Narrator James Jenner transforms the odyssey of events from every aspect of American life into a coherent history that’s informative and diverting. His avuncular voice and restrained pace give his sandy delivery a nostalgic charm unusual for nonfiction.”
—AudioFile
“Through Rasenberger’s skill, the year 1908 seems…a cohesive body of events all linked to make something bigger, something grander. He portrays a year in the life of a changing America; whether it is American automobiles and ships prancing around the world or Americans adopting new technologies, it was certain that this country was changing.”
—Booklist
“Rasenberger’s talent lies in his ability to synchronously thread it all together, as the year unfolds, with random happenstances…An effective reach across time that is both poignant and entertaining.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“This is a wonderful surprise of a book—a time machine back to the year when the American Century got going full tilt. Jim Rasenberger writes in a voice as winning as Theodore Roosevelt’s smile and pilots his machine with a sure-handedness that would have impressed the Wright brothers. When you finish America, 1908, you will swear you were there.”
—Patricia O’Toole, author of When Trumpets Call: Theodore Roosevelt after the White House
“An exhilarating panorama of the United States as it was a century ago. The cast of characters here, from Teddy Roosevelt to Fred Merkle (the luckless batter who mistake lost the New York Giants a still-legendary pennant race), is unforgettable. And the America that shows itself in this masterful narrative constantly reveals links to America today.”
—Mark Caldwell, author of New York Night: The Mystique and Its History
“America, 1908 is an intricate time machine with moving parts that mesh like a fine old gold watch, transporting the reader to a time extraordinarily like and yet unlike our own. Rasenberger, a master of detail, gives us a superb rendition of an important and fascinating American moment.”
—James Tobin, author of To Conquer the Air: The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight
Author
Author Bio: Jim Rasenberger
Jim Rasenberger is the author of several acclaimed nonfiction books, including The Brilliant Disaster: JFK, Castro, and America’s Doomed Invasion of Cuba’s Bay of Pigs and High Steel: The Daring Men Who Built the World’s Greatest Skyline. He has written for the New York Times, Vanity Fair, Smithsonian, and the Wilson Quarterly, among other publications. He has also written for film and television, including a treatment of High Steel that was adapted as an ABC pilot (Empire State). He is a native of Washington, DC, and a graduate of Dartmouth College.
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| Available Formats : | Retail CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/History |
| Runtime: | 13.61 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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