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William Raymond Manchester (April 1, 1922 – June 1, 2004) [2] was an American author, biographer, and historian. He was the author of 18 books which have been translated into over 20 languages. [ 3 ]
The book is dedicated: "For all in whose hearts he still lives—a watchman of honor who never sleeps".[1]The book chronicles several days in late November 1963, from a small reception the Kennedys hosted in the White House on Wednesday, November 20, the evening before the visit to Dallas, Texas, through the flight to Texas, the motorcade, the assassination, the hospital, the airplane journey ...
The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America, 1932–1972 is a 1,400-page social history by William Manchester, first published in 1974. Sometimes sold as two volumes, it describes the history of the United States between 1932 and 1972.
A World Lit Only by Fire became a New York Times bestseller and was praised for its lively storytelling in some journalistic reviews. Ron Grossman of the Chicago Tribune, for instance, wrote that "by taking readers along on Magellan's voyage, Manchester provides them with easy access to a fascinating age when our modern mentality was just being born."
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The first two were published in the 1980s by author and historian William Manchester, who died while working on the last volume. Before his death in 2004, Manchester selected Paul Reid to complete it, and the final volume was published in 2012. Manchester suffered for several years from two strokes following the death of his wife in 1998.
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