A later volume, 1920: The Year That Made the Decade Roar was chosen as one of the best non-fiction books of 2015. He is the only non-academic author to have been so honored twice. Two of them, The Spirits of America (a social history of alcoholic beverages), and The Smoke of the Gods (a social history of tobacco), won the American Library Association's "Best of the Best" award for their years of publication, 20, respectively. Purchase a bookplate signed copy of 1957.Īfter a career of more than 40 years in television journalism, including 8 as a correspondent for NBC News, which Emmy award winner Eric Burns describes as "the best job I ever had," he left the newsroom and found shelter for the archives-a retreat from the present to the past. Join Eric Burns as he discusses his new book, 1957: The Year that Launched the American Future.
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