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Time's up! : a memoir of the American century
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Title
Time's up! : a memoir of the American century / by Robert Cabot ; introduction by Robert W. Fuller.
ISBN
9781620540367
1620540363
Edition
First edition.
Publication
Kingston, New York : McPherson & Company, 2019.
Physical Description
318 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary
"Part history, essay, travelogue, and autobiography, Time's Up! surveys the author's life, including his service in World War II, post-war governmental service, philanthropy, and literary career."--Provided by publisher.
"In his tenth decade, Cabot paused to look at the arc of his life and to explore the relationship between his personal journey and the vicissitudes of twentieth-century America."--Introduction.
Variant and related titles
Memoir of the American century
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 12, 2020
Contents
Prologue
Puritan remnants
The big stick
Coal-gas lights, party-line phones
Thunder mugs under the beds
Alphabet soup
Why us, why anyone, mother dear?
Heil Hitler 55
The lust for empire
Forever drowned in blood? 58
Lily Marlene "über alles"
Festung Europa-kaputt
Starry-eyed America
Birds & bees
Best of the best
My cheapo tickets
From his everlovin' boss
"Having been cremated, I
"
Mixed messages
Gloomy Weltanschauung
Est, est, est!
Too plushy?
Trading treasures
The funny farm
Talking, walking?
Fifty ways to leave your lover
Hippyish
Utopia hunt
Turtle Island
Doughnuts
Tree huggers v. libertarians
Branson dunks Sir Jimmy
Cracks in the curtain
History ends?
Elegies
May God bless America real good!
Epilogue.
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