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04524cam a2200589 i 4500 001 2EC3C8FAAC3311EB98A411E3203FDB2A 003 SILO 005 20210503121523 008 190416s2019 nyu b 000 0deng 010 $a 2019001936 020 $a 0399166661 020 $a 9780399166662 035 $a (OCoLC)1099539300 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d GK8 $d OCL $d YDX $d LEB $d UAP $d ILC $d VP@ $d TXSCH $d OCLCA $d YUS $d JTH $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d OCL $d JCH $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E185.86 $b .W4355 2019 082 04 $a 973/.927 $2 23 082 00 $a 973 $2 23 084 $a POL028000 $a SOC026030 $a POL028000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Weingarten, Gene, $e author. 245 10 $a One day : $b the extraordinary story of an ordinary 24 hours in America / $c Gene Weingarten. 246 34 $a Date drawn from a hat : $b Sunday, December 28, 1986 : the extraordinary story of an ordinary 24 hours in America 264 1 $a New York : $b Blue Rider Press, $c [2019] 300 $a 375 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a "Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Gene Weingarten explores the events of a random day in U.S. history, offering a diorama of American life that illuminates all that has changed--and all that hasn't--in the past three decades. On New Year's Day 2013, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Gene Weingarten asked three strangers to, literally, pluck a day, month, and year from a hat. That day--chosen completely at random--turned out to be Sunday, December 28, 1986, by any conventional measure a most ordinary day. Weingarten spent the next six years proving that there is no such thing. That Sunday between Christmas and New Year's turned out to be filled with comedy, tragedy, implausible irony, cosmic comeuppances, kindness, cruelty, heroism, cowardice, genius, idiocy, prejudice, selflessness, coincidence, and startling moments of human connection, along with evocative foreshadowing of momentous events yet to come. Lives were lost. Lives were saved. Lives were altered in overwhelming ways. Many of these events never made it into the news; they were private dramas in the lives of private people. They were utterly compelling. One Day asks and answers the question of whether there is even such a thing as "ordinary" when we are talking about how we all lurch and stumble our way through the daily, daunting challenge of being human"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary 24 Hours in America"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a On New Year's Day 2013, Weingarten asked three strangers to pluck a day, month, and year from a hat. Sunday, December 28, 1986, was by conventional measure a most ordinary day. Weingarten spent the next six years proving that there is no such thing: that Sunday between Christmas and New Year's turned out to be filled with comedy, tragedy, implausible irony, and foreshadowing of momentous events yet to come. Lives were lost. Lives were saved. Lives were altered in overwhelming ways. Is there even such a thing as "ordinary" when we are talking about how we stumble our way through the daily, daunting challenge of being human? -- adapted from jacket 651 0 $a United States $x Social conditions $y 20th century $v Anecdotes. 651 0 $a United States $x Social life and customs $y 20th century $v Anecdotes. 651 0 $a United States $v Anecdotes. $v Anecdotes. 650 7 $a HISTORY / United States / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Manners and customs. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01007815 650 7 $a Social conditions. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919811 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 651 7 $a United States $x Social conditions $v Anecdotes. $2 sears 651 7 $a United States $x Social life and customs $v Anecdotes. $2 sears 651 7 $a United States $x Biography $v Anecdotes. $2 sears 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a Anecdotes. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919894 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a Anecdotes. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423876 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 2 $n 1 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20240124113015.0 $n 10 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20210818162317.0 $m 973.927 WEI $n 18 $p 1 Large Print 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2EC3C8FAAC3311EB98A411E3203FDB2A 994 $a C0 $b IOZInitiate Another SILO Locator Search