{"product_id":"the-children-paperback","title":"The Children - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Halberstam\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \"The Best and the Brightest, The Reckoning\", and \"The Fifties\" now tells the story of the civil rights movement, as seen through the eyes of the young people--the \"Children\"--who became early revolutionaries in Nashville in the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA remarkable true story of heroism, courage, and faith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDAVID HALBERSTAM graduated from Harvard, where he had served as managing editor of the daily Harvard Crimson. It was 1955, a year after the Supreme Court outlawed segregation in public schools. Halberstam went south and began his career as the one reporter on the West Point, Mississippi, Daily Times Leader. He was fired after ten months there and went to work for The Nashville Tennessean. When the sit-ins broke out in Nashville in February 1960, he was assigned to the story as principal reporter. He joined The New York Times later that year, winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1964 for his early reports from Vietnam. He has received every other major journalistic award, and is a member of the Society of American Historians. His previous nine books have all been bestsellers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Halberstam has been called \"this generation's equivalent of Theodore White and John Gunther\" by The Boston Globe. Of David Halberstam's books, the critics have said about \u003cb\u003eThe Best and the Brightest\u003c\/b\u003e, \"a rich, entertaining and profound reading experience\" (The New York Times); about \u003cb\u003eThe Powers That Be\u003c\/b\u003e, \"moves with all the speed and grace of a fine novel\" (Chicago Tribune); about \u003cb\u003eThe Reckoning\u003c\/b\u003e, \"Halberstam manages to write business history with an investigator's skill and a novelist's flair\" (The Washington Post); about \u003cb\u003eThe Fifties\u003c\/b\u003e, \"sinfully entertaining\" (Newsweek); about \u003cb\u003eThe Breaks of the Game\u003c\/b\u003e, \"the best book [he] has written\" (The Washington Post); about \u003cb\u003eThe Amateurs\u003c\/b\u003e, \"one of the best books ever written about a sport\" (Newsweek); about \u003cb\u003eSummer of '49\u003c\/b\u003e, \"dazzling...a celebration of a heroic age\" (The New York Times); about \u003cb\u003eOctober 1964\u003c\/b\u003e, \"masterful...memorable\" (The Washington Post).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 816\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.41 x 8.26 x 5.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 30, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Robert F. Kennedy Book Award (1999)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42687449366591,"sku":"9780449004395","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/cce1198f14591d53818a5d0b70e1c9ca.webp?v=1764978637","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-children-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}