books by Douglas Brinkley

books by Douglas Brinkley

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Douglas Brinkley

Vanishing America: The End of Main Street Diners, Drive-Ins, Donut Shops, and Other Everyday Monuments

Michael Eastman, William H. Gass

Rizzoli, 2008

Catch 'em while you can
The subtitle to this fascinating book is The End of Main Street and Michael Eastman has taken it upon himself to record as much of it as possible before progress or neglect flattens what's left. Flick through the pages and you'll see more than two hundred shots of ...

National Geographic Visual History of the World (National Geographic)

National Geographic

National Geographic, 2005

Just what he wanted
I bought this book as a gift for my son-in-law. It is a beautiful book and he has really enjoyed it.

Rise to Globalism

Stephen Ambrose, Douglas Brinkley

Longman, 1998

Can't Put It Down!
Ambrose's writing is so fluid and exciting that the book reads more like a novel than a history book. A great read.

Gerald R. Ford

Douglas Brinkley

Times Books, 2007

A worthy addition to the series
This is a good book. It makes you realize that Ford was really a hard working, intelligent, well qualified person at the time that he was selected to be Vice President. It also brings to life, the 70's. As the country gets ready to celebrate another birthday, we can ...

Jack Kerouac: Road Novels 1957-1960: On the Road / The Dharma Bums / The Subterraneans / Tristessa / Lonesome ...

Jack Kerouac

Library of America, 2007

What a great collection!
Thank you Library of America for this wonderful collection. to reviewer sky, I don't think you really know Kerouac's background when you characterize him as one of the "con-men, impostors, poseurs, and talentless hacks". he was actually quite a serious - yet at the ...

The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast

Douglas Brinkley

William Morrow, 2006

How hard it is to face the truth how hard it is to stay in a room
Brinkley's facts are confirmed by contemporaneous news reports and videos available on YouTube. Furthermore, New Orleans was written off because the white people with cars got out, and black and white people so feckless as to not have cars don't count in America. They ...

The Monkey Wrench Gang (Perennial Classics)

Edward Abbey, Douglas Brinkley

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2000

Transgressional Fiction at it's Best.
Easily Edward Abbey's most brilliant of works... The Monkey Wrench Gang hits on all cylinders. If you're a fan of the ramblings of Bret Easton Ellis or the visionary worlds of Chuck Palahniuk then stop right now and add this book to your shopping cart; you won't be ...

Wheels for the World: Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress

Douglas G. Brinkley

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2004

Henry Ford & Ford Motor -- what a story!
Last year, I read a book about Henry Ford and his anti-Semitism. At that time, I had a very narrow view about the man - I wish now that I had read this book, Douglas Brinkley's study of Ford and his company, before I had read that one. Brinkley's mammoth volume on ...

The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

Hunter S. Thompson, Douglas Brinkley

Ballantine Books, 1998

Indispensable
As a big fan of Mr Thompson for many years, I became very excited when I heard about this volume. And I was not disapointed when I read it. It is as good as any book he himself has ever written. Although not about any subject in particular, the book tells the story of ...

100 Days in Photographs: Pivotal Events That Changed the World

Nick Yapp

National Geographic, 2007

Simply Amazing
This is an amazing book and a great gift! Amazing photographs, high quality prints... One of the best book I bought this year!

The Case of Abraham Lincoln: A Story of Adultery, Murder, and the Making of a Great President

Julie M. Fenster

Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

The Forgotten Drama of 1856
Julie M. Fenster is the author of five previous books, including an award-winning history of anesthesia called "Ether: The Strange Tale of America's Greatest Medical Discovery and the Haunted Men Who Made It." She's a regular contributor to American Heritage, as well ...

The Boys of Pointe du Hoc : Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion

Douglas Brinkley

WILLIAM MORROW, 2005

Great Communicator
I bought this book because I love Ronald Reagan and wanted to know more about these great speeches. This book provides all of the insights, including both of his D-Day speeches in the appendix section. It's interesting to hear how Peggy Noonan put the Pointe du Hoc ...

The Majic Bus: An American Odyssey

Douglas Brinkley

Basic Books, 2003

Inspiring
This book will inspire you to plan and take a great American roadtrip of your own. Brinkley treats America's best road house eateries and greatest historic landmarks with equal reverence. What I loved most about this book is that he constantly reminds you that many of ...

Rosa Parks: A Life

Douglas Brinkley

Penguin Books, 2005

Excellent, inspirational telling of an American Icon's story
Douglas Brinkley brings out the essence of Rosa Parks' humanity and her role in the Civil Rights movement. This short, highly-readable book provides useful background on Mrs. Parks' parents, early childhood, and introduction to the NAACP. The impact of Rosa Parks' ...

Parish Priest: Father Michael McGivney and American Catholicism

Douglas Brinkley, Julie Fenster

Harper Perennial, 2007

A moving biography . . .
. . . of someone who may well become the first American priest to be canonized. The Venerable Servant of God, Fr. Michael McGivney, was the founder of the Catholic men's fraternal organization known as the Knights of Columbus. During a time when Catholics, ...