After the Truman administration dropped atomic bombs on Japan to end World War II, a grim new epoch had arrived. With the detonation of the Trinity explosion in the New Mexico desert in 1945, the United States took control of Earth's destiny for the first time. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon. New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed presidential historian Douglas Brinkley chronicles the rise of environmental activism during the Long Sixties (1960-1973), telling the story of an indomitable generation that saved the natural world under the leadership of John F. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and three children. His two-volume, annotated Nixon Tapes recently won the Arthur S. He was awarded a Grammy for Presidential Suite and is the recipient of seven honorary doctorates in American studies. His book The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coastreceived the Robert F. Fish and Wildlife Service's Lifetime Heritage Award. Winks Award for Enhancing Public Understanding of National Parks (National Parks Conservation Association), and the U.S. Hutchison Medal (Garden Club of America), Robin W. The Chicago Tribune dubbed him "America's New Past Master." He is the recipient of such distinguished environmental leadership prizes as the Frances K. Roosevelt Presidential Library, and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair.
Douglas Brinkley is the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and Professor of History at Rice University, presidential historian for the New-York Historical Society, trustee of the Franklin D.
Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Great Environmental Awakening.
On Monday, January 9th at 7:30pm Warwick's will host Douglas Brinkley as he discusses and signs his new book, Silent Spring Revolution: John F. Only books purchased from Warwick's will be signed.
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