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'Massive' book traces 1932-72
"The Glory and the Dream." By William
Manchester. Little, Brown. $20.
To say a book was a massive undertaking is
the poorest ,of cliches. Yet that is what
Manchester's history of America is. The
two-volume narrative traces the years 1932-1972.
Together, the volumes total nearly 1,700 pages.
Manchester was the author of "The Death of a
President", commissioned and then opposed by
the family of John F. Kennedy. The book
exerted a magnet-like force and left readers
exhausted from reading it. And then we
wondered how he pulled it off-that substantial
work dealt with just six days of history.
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footnotes
Nation's life
Manchester's subject in Tfie Glory and the
Dream is 50 years in the life of the most
complicated nation on earth. At its outset, which
he calls "Rock Bottom," Manchester tells of
President Hoover denying the existence of a
depression while scores of ragged World War I
veterans demanded money to feed their families.
At the end of the spectrum is 1972,
dominated by the opening days of the Watergate
drama. The United States, tired from the final
years of the 1960s, years of war, protest and
Nixon, begins a new "decade with Watergate as
the herald of the 1970s.
What Manchester tells in between is the story
of his generation. He was 10 in 1932 and the
following years are filled with the events which
the Johnson
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to find that
on them and
shaped his life the Roosevelts, depression, World
War II, Truman, Korea and Eisenhower; years
that saw the Swing, Willkie, Will Rogers, the New
Look, Kinsey and flying saucers. The author
weaves the smaller bits of American social
liistory into the larger canvas of national and
world events.
Origins of Discontent
Later Manchester talks of the more recent
past; the Kennedys, Martin Luthei King, Little
Rock, SDS and Tonkin. These years are familiar
to students, but to place them with the rest, as
Manchester does in his epilogue, shows the
complete origins of the discontent of the
Johnson-Nixon era.
Manchester writes: "As
administration grew older, .
businessmen were astonished
demonstrators were turning
accusing them of committing monstrous crimes
with products like napalm. They couldn't
understand it; didn't these angry people know
that management and government were natural
antagonists, not co-conspirators? They believed
that and thought it should be obvious to
everyone."
What Manchester writes of is a country often
at cross-purposes, a nation founded to permit
that kind of difference. He writes, "Any people
can cheer an Eisenhower, a MacArthur, a John
Glenn, a Neil Armstrong; it takes generosity of
spirit to suffer the Weathermen who hated LBJ,
the Birchers who baited JFK, the Liberty
Leaguers who heckled FDR. . . the strains on the
nation's tolerance had been great. Sometimes it
had been too much, and the names of the places
where patience was exhausted strain the pages of
U.S. history with shame: Attica, Kent State, My
Lai, Birmingham. . ."'
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Crusade
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supper
The Bluegrass Crusade will perform at a covered dish supper and
square dance party Feb. 9, 7 to 1 1 p.m. The free event, open to the
public, will be held at the Welfare Society Hall, 1430 N. 10th St.
Originally sponsored by the Farmers for the Legalization of
Marijuana (FLM), the party is now being underwritten solely by
Len Schropfer. In addition to his participation in the FLM,
Schropfer is a volunteer lobbyist for state wildlife and conservation
legislation.
The party is intended to bring people together for music and
dancing, he said. Schropfer, who said he is considering running for
political office in the future, said he would like to see more events
like this bringing like-minded people together to talk and.exchange
ideas.
Coffee, fruit punch, dishes and silverware will be provided for
the dinner. Donations will be taken to offset costs.
As a part of the Abendmusik series, the St. Olaf College band will
present a concert Friday at First Plymouth Church, 20th and D St.,
at 7:30 p.m. A free-will offering will be taken.
Director Miles H. Johnson, said the 80-member band plays
liturgical music. The program will include pieces by Aaron Copland
and Wahoo native Howard Hanson.
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