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Journey Through Time: From the Great Depression to the New Millennium
Journey Through Time From the Great Depression to the New Millennium Author:Leonard Goodwin In this new volume of narrative poetry, Leonard Goodwin places personal experiences in the context of social events that have shaped our current world. Thus, during the Great Depression a young boy appreciates the wonders of the New York Public Library, and a sandwich at the Automat. Later on, as a student at the University of Texas in Au... more »stin, he experiences an early lesson in the struggle for civil rights. While employed in Washington, DC, he shares the dreams and disillusionment of the Kennedy/Johnson years. Later still, as a successful professor and researcher, he finds that "success" is no guarantee of family stability, good health, or a peaceful world. He goes on to discover the spiritual aspect of life, and in the closing poem "Millennium Dream" invites readers to recall early, oft forgotten dreams which provide the means for reshaping our material world. Journey Through Time: From the Great Depression to the New Millennium provides a dramatic sweep of a major portion of the 20th century through one man's life and poetry; it is a story that will bring many rewards to its readers.« less