We Interrupt This Broadcast

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Edition: 2nd
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-05-01
Publisher(s): Sourcebooks Inc
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Summary

Features broadcasts from famous and infamous moments. Contents include the Hindenburg explosion, Pearl Harbor, D-Day, Marilyn Monroe, Nixons resignation, O.J. Simpsons saga, Oklahoma City bombing, Atlanta olympics bombing, Princess Dianas death, and much more. DLC: Television broadcasting of news.

Author Biography

Joe Garner is the New York Times bestselling author of And The Crowd Goes Wild and is a twenty-year veteran of the radio business, including eleven years as an executive with Westwood One. His expertise on the media's coverage of major events has been featured on Larry King Live, Weekend Today, CNN, CBS Up-to-the-Minute and hundreds of radio programs nationwide. Both We Interrupt This Broadcast and And The Crowd Goes Wild were bestsellers in the Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly and USA Today. He is president of Garner Creative Concepts, Inc., an entertainment production company in Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Walter Cronkite
Introduction xiii
The Hindenburg Explodes
2(4)
Pearl Harbor Under Attack
6(4)
D-Day: The Normandy Invasion
10(4)
President Roosevelt Dies
14(4)
V-E Day: War in Europe Ends
18(4)
Atomic Bomb Destroys Hiroshima
22(4)
Japan Surrenders: WWII Ends
26(4)
Truman Defeats Dewey
30(2)
General MacArthur Fired
32(2)
Sputnik Launched by Soviets
34(2)
John Glenn Orbits Earth
36(4)
Marilyn Monroe Dies
40(4)
Cuban Missile Crisis: Nuclear War Threatened
44(4)
President Kennedy Assassinated
48(6)
Lee Harvey Oswald Assassinated
54(4)
President Johnson Declines Re-election Bid
58(2)
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
60(4)
Robert Kennedy Assassinated
64(4)
Appolo 11: Man Walks on Moon
68(4)
Apollo 13: Astronauts Escape Disaster
72(4)
Kent State Massacre
76(4)
Munich Olympics Tragedy
80(4)
Naxon Resigns
84(4)
Saigon Falls
88(4)
Elvis Dies
92(4)
Iran Hostage Crisis
96(4)
John Lennon Assassinated
100(4)
President Reagan Shot
104(2)
The Challenger Explodes
106(4)
Berline Wall Crumbles
110(6)
Operation Desert Storm Begins
116(6)
Rodney King Verdict Incites Riots
122(4)
Waco Standoff Ends in Disaster
126(4)
O. J. Simpson Saga
130(4)
Oklahoma City Bombing
134(6)
Flight 800 Explodes Over Atlantic
140(4)
Atlanta Olympics Bombing
144(2)
Princess Diana Dies
146(4)
The Impeachment of President Clinton
150(4)
Tragedy at Columbine High School
154(4)
John F. Kennedy Jr. Dies
158(5)
Acknowledgments 163(2)
Audio and Announcer Credits 165(2)
Photography Credits 167(2)
About the Author and Narrator 169

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