|
Halberstam's '50s odyssey His new book gives the decade that begat the '60s its due
|
Asked what it was like to spend more than half a decade
researching and writing the history of an entire decade, the
seemingly somber 1950s, David Halberstam thinks for an instant. Then
he grins. "It was fun," he says.
Most Americans, even -- or maybe especially -- those who lived
through the '50s, are hard put to find much fun in a decade that
began with the Korean War and ended with the start of American
involvement in Vietnam. An era through which stalked the likes of
Joseph Stalin, Joe McCarthy, Fidel Castro and Richard Nixon.
However, Halberstam points out, this was also the decade in ...
|
Late, great geographers.(Sir Francis Younghusband)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Geographical
; Sir Francis Younghusband (1863-1942) A major player in...Central Asia extensively How did Sir Francis make a name for himself? Born in Murree, India, Sir Francis Edward Younghusband, to give him his full name, entered...
|
|
Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...Richard Sickert, painter, 1860; Sir Francis Edward Younghusband, explorer, 1863; William Heath...Salisbury, statesman, 1563; Henry Francis Lyte, hymn-writer, 1793...Mormon leader, 1801; John Edward Masefield, poet and novelist...
|
|
Hands off Jerusalem, my family heirloom
Magazine article from: The Spectator
; ...On 4 August 1915, Sir Francis Younghusband, explorer, invader...brassy imperialism', Younghusband wanted to appeal to...John Buchan, Sir Edward Elgar, Sir Hubert...the jingoists, told Younghusband that he no longer supported...
|
|
Books: Ready for lift-off We ask 12 leading publishers which books they most look forward to bringing out in 1997
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London
; ...new direction for him after his superb biography of Sir Francis Younghusband. Perhaps the two most unusual books of our year are...that English nonsense poetry was not the creation of Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll, but was flourishing a full...
|
|
History of attempts to seal off Tibet heightens its mystique
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune
; Edward Wong The New York Times Media Group...Tibet heightens its mystique Byline: Edward Wong The New York Times Media Group...military expedition of 1904, led by Sir Francis E. Younghusband. With Maxim guns and Enfield rifles...
|
|
|
A brief history of Everest: Paul Deegan chronicles some of the significant events in our interaction with the world's highest mountain.(Chronology)
Magazine article from: Geographical
; ...is named Everest, in honour of Sir George Everest, the surveyor general...from 1830 to 1843. 1905 During Francis Younghusband's withdrawal from Tibet, Captain...Expedition De facto expedition leader Edward Norton reaches a new high--8...
|
Find more facts and information related to the
article "Halberstam's '50s odyssey His new book gives the ..."
