02425cam a2200325 4500 90313332 TxAuBib 20111107120000.0 110706s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011022825 9781400064588 1400064589 TxAuBib Brokaw, Tom. The time of our lives / Tom Brokaw. 1st ed. New York : Random House, 2011. xxii, 291 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes index. Generations -- One nation, indivisible -- K through 12 and the hazards along the way -- Old school ties and new world requirements -- Don't know much about geometry -- Church of thrift -- Survivors : the loopers -- House broken -- Uncle Sam needs us -- The United States academy of public service -- Stepping up and signing up -- Wire the world but don't short circuit your soul -- Partners -- Balancing the book of life -- Failure is an option -- Everyone's a journalist -- The grandparent lode -- September of my years. Rooted in the values, lessons, and verities of generations past and of his South Dakota upbringing, he weaves together stories of Americans who are making a difference and personal stories from his own family history, to engage us in a conversation about our country and to offer ideas for how we can revitalize the promise of the American Dream. Inviting us to foster a rebirth of family, community, and civic engagement as profound as the one that won World War II, built our postwar prosperity, and ushered in the Civil Rights era, he traces the changes in modern life, in values, education, public service, housing, the Internet, and more, that have transformed our society in the decades since the age of thrift in which he was raised. Offering ideas from Americans who are change agents in their communities, he gives us a book that is a vision of hopefulness in an age of diminished expectations. 20111107. Brokaw, Tom. Television news anchors United States Biography. Social problems. United States. National characteristics, American. Television journalists United States Biography. United States Politics and government 1989- United States Social conditions 1980-