{"product_id":"the-best-of-times-haynes-bonner-johnson-9780156027014","title":"The Best of Times: The Boom and Bust Years of America Before and After Everything Changed","description":"We were awash in money and spellbound by celebrity and scandal. It was a time of breathtaking strides in science and unprecedented possibility. A time of squandered opportunities and grave distraction. A time of tragic complacency and belief in our invulnerability. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Best of Times\u003c\/em\u003e, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Haynes Johnson looks back on the decade that defied anyone's expectations, for better or worse. With a sharp eye for the quote or detail that perfectly captures a moment in time, Johnson tells the whole story, no holds barred, of the roller-coaster, self-indulgent nineties when America paid no attention to gathering foreign storms or looming economic collapse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe product of four years of interviews with the decade's most influential players, this is in the best tradition of timeless social history--a memorable portrait of the entire wonderful yet woeful decade that ended in the cataclysmic flames of September 11. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA James H. Silberman Book\u003cbr\u003eNational Bestseller \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow with a New Foreword, Afterword, and Postscript \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn offering this paperback edition of the bubble years, I hope the stories I tell of that newly old America will illuminate how in a few short years we went from the best of times to the worst of times. In my Afterword, I suggest what lessons we must learn from that experience to avoid further disasters and close the circle on some events that typified the period. \u003cbr\u003e--Haynes Johnson\u003cbr\u003eFrom the new Foreword\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Haynes Bonner Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0156027011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780156027014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Houghton Mifflin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.00w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/29\/2002 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2003 pg. 32","brand":"Haynes Bonner Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46738972049663,"sku":"9780156027014","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4bf309ee-9d25-4f4e-90f9-5a5ad0ce2612.jpg?v=1743276823","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-best-of-times-haynes-bonner-johnson-9780156027014","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}