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==Books==
 
==Books==
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Brokaw's first book, ''The Greatest Generation'', was released in 1998, and it instantly became a best seller. The 432-page book documented the generation of people that lived through the [[depression]] and the [[Second World War]]. Brokaw was inspired to write the book after he went to cover the fiftieth anniversary of the invasion of Normandy for NBC. Here, while talking to veterans, and walking the beach he had a, "life changing experience," as he stated later<ref> Random House Books, Tom Brokaw, http://www.randomhouse.com/features/brokaw/books_greatest.html</ref>  Brokaw was so encouraged by the letter he received regarding his first book that he decided to right a sequel. In 1999 he began work on his next best seller, ''The Greatest Generation Speaks''. This book included letter written by people living in the period, including, eyewitness account of the dropping of the atomic bomb and others.  Brokaw released his third book, ''An Album of Memories'', in 2001. This trilogy was also a book filled with letters documenting the "the greatest generation society has ever produced,” as he stated. His last book, ''A Long Way from Home'', documented his own life and five-decade career as a broadcast journalist. ''A Long Way from Home'', was Brokaw's fourth straight bestselling book.  
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Brokaw's first book, ''The Greatest Generation'', was released in 1998, and it instantly became a best seller. The 432-page book documented the generation of people that lived through the [[depression]] and the [[Second World War]]. Brokaw was inspired to write the book after he went to cover the fiftieth anniversary of the invasion of Normandy for NBC. Here, while talking to veterans, and walking the beach he had a "life changing experience," as he stated later<ref> Random House Books, Tom Brokaw, http://www.randomhouse.com/features/brokaw/books_greatest.html</ref>. Brokaw was so encouraged by the letter he received regarding his first book that he decided to right a sequel. In 1999 he began work on his next best seller, ''The Greatest Generation Speaks''. This book included letter written by people living in the period, including, eyewitness account of the dropping of the atomic bomb and others.  Brokaw released his third book, ''An Album of Memories'', in 2001. This trilogy was also a book filled with letters documenting the "the greatest generation society has ever produced,” as he stated. His last book, ''A Long Way from Home'', documented his own life and five-decade career as a broadcast journalist. ''A Long Way from Home'', was Brokaw's fourth straight bestselling book.  
    
==Film==
 
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