Heirs To The Legacy - A Generational Memoir

Heirs To The Legacy is a memoir - not of just the author, but an entire generation. Six decades in the making, it is a story that stems from the right people, at the right time, with the right attitude: the Greatest Generation. Amid the paranoia of the Cold War, fears of the Arms Race, and the national euphoria of the Space Race, a generation of young Americans, as well as their counterparts on the other side of the Iron Curtain, were lofted to successes beyond their expectations.

Their journeys began as they stood at the cusp of adulthood. Their opportunities were no longer just an extension of those of their parents. The confluence of the Cold War, Arms Race, and Space Race had brought heretofore unknown or unreachable opportunities within their grasp. Jobs and trades gave way to professions and careers; horizons moved from county lines and state borders to anywhere they could find on a world map. Their parent's generation had seen the world, snatched it from the brink of destruction, and now they, the Silent Generation and beyond, stood poised to become Heirs to the Legacy.
The author's thorough, but reader-friendly, treatment of the history and politics of the era, intertwined with the true-stories of twenty-plus otherwise ordinary individuals, lofted to personal greatness by the Legacy, will entertain, inform, and inspire the reader. You will be encouraged to take a long look back for the silver thread that connects the seemingly isolated events of your life. You, too, may conclude: "Life was good."