Reviews for Websters

The average rating for Websters based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-11-29 00:00:00 Barry Vankleeck People with every possible connection to World War II, veterans, their wives, children, siblings, parents, grandchildren were so inspired by author Brokaw's 'Greatest Generation' books, that they sent him letters by the thousands relating their own experiences. In this collection, the letters range from a simple paragraph to a few pages, many are so much alike, yet each has their own sparkle. Sometimes the shorter that the letter was, made me think a lot more about what was behind the simple 'I served 16 months in the Pacific' and that's it ! I took to reading the book in short doses, that way, giving each letter its consideration. A truly worth good read! Just an aside, I'd believe it if Tom Brokaw does not even knows this book exists. I'd say his staff put it together and 'wrote' it for him, not that it effects the quality of the content. Each chapter has a generic history of the progression of the war, and a timeline of major events to give the section some context, otherwise it is all letters and photos.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-11-12 00:00:00 Fahad Alkhaldi Tom Brokow has written several books about the Greatest generation- men and women who came of age during World War 2. After writing the books, he received many letters from people telling of their experiences during the war. This book is a collection of those letters. I found the longer letters were more interesting than the shorter ones. Some were real tear-jerkers and it made me sad to think that there aren't many left from that generation. This book was written 17 years ago so probably most of the wonderful people that wrote these letters are gone. I would recommend reading the other Greatest Generation books before this one.