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Title: We Interrupt This Broadcast: The Events That Stopped Our Lives...from the Hindenburg Explosion to the Attacks of September 11 by Joe Garner ISBN: 1-57071-974-8 Publisher: Sourcebooks Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.07 (46 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Review of Second Edition "We Interrupt This Broadcast"
Comment: "We interrupt this broadcast..." When those words are spoken over the radio or through the TV, one stops, turns, and is fixated...listening for the next words.
"We Interrupt This Broadcast brings to life the famous and infamous moments of the twentieth century that were announced with those four chilling words," writes Joe Garner, author. The book contains 41 odd and interesting events from the twentieth century such as the landing of Apollo 11, the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the crumbling of the Berlin Wall.
However, this book is different from a history lesson because it comes with two CD's. The CD's contain a condensed book narration of each story and a recording of the story's actual broadcast. It's a history lesson, but a lot better than listening to a monotonous teacher.
Some of the stories are better than others. This is either because they are not of interest to some age groups (the firing of General MacArthur and Johnson's defeat of Dewey in the Presidential race are not interesting to younger readers) or they give too much information and therefore one starts skipping over words.
Overall, Garner does a good job of portraying the events with the help of excellent photography. His writing flows nicely and paints a portrait of each events basics. A large portion of each story is devoted to outstanding photographs.
There are a few photography mistakes that have been pointed out by readers. For example, a picture labeled Apollo 11 is not actually Apollo 11. However, the mislabeling in this book is not a big deal because they are things that most readers wouldn't notice.
The book would be better if the audio narrations were shorter and the time devoted to the news clips was longer. The clips are very short and those are the highlight of the book.
The narrations are spoken by Bill Kurtis and are great because they allow the reader to concentrate on the photographs while hearing about the entire event. Part of the success the narrations have is because of Kurtis' voice. Due to his extensive journalism work (A&E Network documentaries and CBS) he's learned to make his voice captivating.
We Interrupt This Broadcast was a bestseller in the Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, USA Today, and the New York Times. The book is well worth the fifty bucks because of the outstanding quality Garner, Walter Cronkite, and Kurtis put together.
For sports fans, Garner also has two other similar books out, And the Crowd Goes Wild and And the Fans Roared.
Overall, I think this was an excellent book. I highly recommend it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Skims the heights of 20th century events
Comment: This volume is fun to read, but don't look for any groundbreaking analysis or new information. The author does a good job of retelling events surrounding the century's big news events...from the Hindenburg disaster to Lee Harvey Oswald, with all the requisite wars and disasters thrown in. It can be fascinating to listen to on CD, and the text offers good support. At the same time, there is little discussion of how the medium of radio grew throughout the century, or how live media reporting has now changed the way Americans receive information. Read this book for what it is: a fun history lesson, and a nostalgic look back to simpler times in the media.
Rating: 4
Summary: Please Keep True to the Title
Comment: I have a previous edition of this book. It covered the Diana death, and I believe that is where it stopped. My complaint with the book is only that, as the topics progresses closer to current times, the interruptions became less "spontaneous."
The book's premise was to provide the first live broadcast interruption that the public heard, to create the same chills that people felt, to relive the first realization of the shocking event just as it happened. By the time the book got to Dianna's death, the news clips became more general, more like an end of the year re-cap of what had happened, instead of the first terror-filled report that something had gone wrong.
But a great book, other than that! Perhaps the problem has been fixed in this newer edition.
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Title: Stay Tuned: Television's Unforgettable Moments by Joe Garner ISBN: 0740726935 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Now Showing: Unforgettable Moments From The Movies by Joe Garner, Dustin Hoffman ISBN: 0740738364 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: And the Crowd Goes Wild: Relive the Most Celebrated Sporting Events Ever Broadcast (Book and 2 Audio CDs) by Joe Garner, Bob Costas ISBN: 1570714606 Publisher: Sourcebooks Pub. Date: 15 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Words That Shook the World: 100 Years of Unforgettable Speeches and Events by Richard Greene, Florie Brizel, Helen Thomas, Jeff Greenfield ISBN: 0735202966 Publisher: Alpha Communications Pub. Date: 15 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: And the Crowd Goes Wild/And the Fans Roared (Two Books with four Audio CDs Boxed Gift Set) by Joe Garner, Bob Costas ISBN: 1570716595 Publisher: Sourcebooks Trade Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $94.99 |
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