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    A Life in the Twentieth Century: Innocent Beginnings, 1917-1950
    A Life in the Twentieth Century: Innocent Beginnings, 1917-1950
    A Life in the Twentieth Century: Innocent Beginnings, 1917-1950
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    A Life in the Twentieth Century: Innocent Beginnings, 1917-1950

    Written by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

    Narrated by Nelson Runger

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    Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, is one of the finest historians of our age. A former special assistant to President Kennedy, he received the National Humanities Medal in 1998. In this first volume of memoirs Schlesinger turns a keen eye on his own remarkable life--from his Midwestern upbringing, through his days at Harvard, to his involvement with World War II. The engrossing story of his life reads like a timeline of the twentieth century. With anecdotes featuring the major politicians, intellectuals, and entertainers of the era, it is easy to see why Dr. Henry Kissinger called this work "one of the definitive histories of the period." Schlesinger's shrewd observations and sharp wit have long helped Americans understand who they are and where they've come from. Now his own story comes to life with a lucid, often humorous narration by Nelson Runger.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateAug 3, 2012
    ISBN9781470325459
    A Life in the Twentieth Century: Innocent Beginnings, 1917-1950
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    Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

    Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., (1917-2007) was the preeminent political historian of our time. For more than half a century, he was a cornerstone figure in the intellectual life of the nation and a fixture on the political scene. He won two Pulitzer prizes for The Age of Jackson (1946) and A Thousand Days (1966), and in 1988 received the National Humanities Medal. He published the first volume of his autobiography, A Life in the Twentieth Century, in 2000.

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