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True Stories and Fascinating Facts: The 1950s
- Narrated by: Charlie Jones
- Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
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Summary
The true stories in this audiobook cover interesting people and events in popular culture, sports, science, medicine, technology, and the news.
Here are a few of the story titles:
- The “Shot Heard ‘Round the World”.
- Are You or Have You Ever Been Senator Joe McCarthy?
- Big, Shiny, and Electric.
- Wedding of the Century.
- The Cop Show that Started it All.
- Morey Bernstein’s Quest.
In the "This and That Section", you’ll discover facts about other important events of the decade like:
- Whatever happened to the famous Hope Diamond?
- Who were the first nations in NATO?
- When was NASA established?
- What film earned Audrey Hepburn an Academy Award in 1954?
- What film won the Best Picture Oscar in 1953?
- What was “The day the music died?"
- Who was the “Greatest swimmer of all time?
At the end of the audiobook, you’ll find some almanac information about each year from 1950-1959.
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