· David Halberstam is America’s Alexis de Toqueville. For almost 40 years, he has chronicled our national life, from the tragedy of Vietnam to the triumphs in the National Football League. The Children is David Halberstam's brilliant and moving evocation of the early days of the civil rights movement, as seen through the story of the young people--the Children--who met in the s and went on to lead the revolution. Magisterial in scope, with a strong you-are-there quality, The Children is a story one of America's preeminent journalists has waited years to write, a powerful /5(4). Author David Halberstam was an excellent author of many acclaimed books, and I recommend this one to anyone with an interest in this subject. The story is definitely a 5-star story! I gave the book 3-stars because I found it to be very long and at times repetitive. It /5().
The Children is David Halberstam's brilliant and moving evocation of the early days of the civil rights movement, as seen through the story of the young people - the children - who met in the s and went on to lead the revolution. Magisterial in scope, with a strong you-are-there quality, The Children is a story that one of America's preeminent journalists has waited years to write, a. "David Halberstam is America's Alexis de Tocqueville In The Children, he returns to his roots as a young reporter for the Nashville Tennessean, where he covered the start of the civil rights movement, the sit-ins that galvanized a generation. In following a dozen student idealists through the arc of their lives in the early s to the. The Children is David Halberstam's brilliant and moving evocation of the early days of the civil rights movement, as seen through the story of the young people--the Children--who met in the s and went on to lead the revolution. Magisterial in scope, with a strong you-are-there quality, The Children is a story one of America's preeminent journalists has waited years to write, a powerful.
David Halberstam. · Rating details · 1, ratings · reviews. The Children is Halberstam's moving evocation of the early days of the civil rights movement, as seen thru the story of the young people--the Children--who met in the 60s went on to lead the revolution. Magisterial in scope, with a strong you-are-there quality, The Children is a story one of America's preeminent journalists has waited years to write, a powerful book abou. In Mr. Halberstam's hands, the early days of the civil-rights movement come to life as never before in print The Children has a rare power." —The Wall Street Journal. "THE CHILDREN IS UTTERLY ABSORBING and contains some of the most moving passages Halberstam has ever written. "THE CHILDREN IS UTTERLY ABSORBING and contains some of the most moving passages Halberstam has ever written The civil-rights movement already has produced superb works of history, books such as David J. Garrow's Bearing the Cross and Taylor Branch's recently published Pillar of Fire David Halberstam adds another with The Children.".
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