The Time of Our Lives: A Conversation about America

Who we are where wersquove been and where we need to go now to recapture the American dream Now with a new Foreword by the author ldquoThe best presentation of the challenges facing the countrymdashand the possible solutionsmdashIve ever seenrdquomdashP J OrsquoRourke 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 Rooted 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 share 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 helped win 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 In offering ideas from Americans who are change agents in their communities Brokaw gives us a nourishing vision of hopefulness in an age of diminished expectations NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERldquoInspiring tales of how people from different walks of life have found ways to be of service to their communities and countryrdquomdashWalter Isaacson.