The Time of Our Lives: A conversation about America go now, to recapture the American dream

Tom Brokaw known and beloved for his landmark work in American journalism and for the New York Times bestsellers The Greatest Generation and Boom now turns his attention to the challenges that face America in the new millennium to offer reflections on how we can restore Americarsquos greatness ldquoWhat happened to the America I thought I knewrdquo Brokaw writes ldquoHave we simply wandered off course but only temporarily Or have we allowed ourselves to be so divided that wersquore easy prey for hijackers who could steer us onto a path to a crash landing I do have some thoughts original and inspired by others for our journey into the heart of a new centuryrdquoRooted in the values lessons and verities of generations past and of his South Dakota upbringing Brokaw weaves together inspiring 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 DreamInviting 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 Brokaw traces the exciting unnerving changes in modern lifemdashin values education public service housing the Internet and moremdashthat 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 in The Time of Our Lives Brokaw gives us a wise honest and wide-ranging book a nourishing vision of hopefulness in an age of diminished expectations.