Author Philip Gibson asks the question, “What if there had been social media during major events in our worlds history?” Not written in the usual format, this incredible collection of novels gives us a glimpse into these exact scenarios. Enjoy
#Berlin45:The Final Days of Hitler’s Third Reich (Hashtag Histories)
Philip Gibson
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs | History | Teen & Young Adult
What if there had been social media during World War II?
This is not a book in the usual book format. It is the compelling story of the final 20 days of Hitler’s Third Reich told in the form of Twitter feeds with daily tweets and actual statements by Hitler, Churchill, Truman, Zhukov, Eisenhower, Goebbels, Bormann, Weidling, Krebs, Keitel, Jodl, Patton, Bradley, Heinrici, Konev, Chuikov, Eva Braun and many others.
The story begins with the announcement of, and reactions to, the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and follows the thoughts and actions of the main participants through the capture of Vienna, the Battle of Seelow Heights, the liberation of the concentration camps, the Battle of Berlin, the death of Hitler and the eventual surrender of Reich forces.
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#Tokyo45: The Final Days of World War II (Hashtag Histories)
Philip Gibson
Genre: History | Historical Fiction | Teen & Young Adult
What if there had been social media during World War II?
This is not a book written in the usual book format. It is the compelling story of the final days of World War II told in the form of Twitter feeds and actual statements by the main participants.
The story begins with the capture of the strategic Japanese island of Okinawa and follows the thoughts and actions of the main participants through planning the invasion of mainland Japan, the Japanese defense, the Manhattan Project, the first atomic test, the Kamikaze defense, the Potsdam Conference, Churchill’s election defeat, the decision to drop the atomic bombs, the attempted palace revolt and the eventual Japanese surrender.
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#Havana62: To the Brink of Nuclear Apocalypse (Hashtag Histories)
Philip Gibson
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs | Historical Fiction | Teen & Young Adult
What if there had been social media during the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This is not a story told in the usual book format. It is the story of the Cuban Missile Crisis told as if through posts on private social media feeds. The book follows the thoughts and actions of the main participants in the drama based on what those participants actually reported, or could have believably reported in private social media accounts, given who they were, what they knew and where they were at the time.
The year is 1962. The Kennedy brothers are in the White House. Nikita Khrushchev is in the Kremlin and Fidel Castro is in the Presidential Palace in Havana, Cuba. For a time, now widely referred to as “the most dangerous moment in human history”, these three men hold the future of modern civilization in their hands as the world teeters on the brink of nuclear apocalypse.
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#Houston70: The Miracle Journey of Apollo 13 (Hashtag Histories)
Philip Gibson
Genre: History | Science & Math | Teen & Young Adult
What if there had been social media during the Apollo 13 Moon mission?
This is not a book in the usual book format. It is the story of the incredible Apollo 13 mission in 1970 told as if in real time in the form of imaginary social media posts written by the main participants and observers.The narrative is based on astronaut accounts, NASA transcripts of the astronauts’ conversations with Mission Control and live broadcasts of the major U.S. TV networks covering the unfolding drama hour by hour.
There is a list of major sources at the back of the book.
Apollo 13 was a mission that gripped the entire nation and the world. It would test the courage, endurance and ingenuity, not just of three astronauts but also of the thousands of controllers, technicians and engineers back at Mission Control in Houston and across America.
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#Houston69: Apollo 11 – When Men Walked on the Moon (Hashtag Histories)
Philip Gibson
Genre: Professional & Technical | History | Science & Math | Teen & Young Adult
What if there had been social media during the first mission to land a man on the Moon in 1969?
If you were not fortunate enough to be able to witness the entire historic mission as it unfolded, this account will put you believably back inside those eight incredibly tense and dramatic days. The unique social media format of the book allows us to experience all the drama and achievements as if we were following them live, and as if the participants were speaking to us directly in real time. The narrative is based on actual astronaut accounts, NASA transcripts of the fascinating continual communications with the astronauts, broadcasts of the all main TV networks covering the mission and the thoughts of many laypeople observers. The account also includes details that were not publicly available at the time, such as the secret speech to be delivered to the nation by President Nixon should the astronauts fail to return from the Moon. There is an extensive list of major sources at the end of the book.
This is not a book, therefore, written in the usual book format. It is the story of man’s first exploration of Earth’s nearest neighbor, the Moon, told as if in real time in the form of imaginary social media posts by the main participants and observers. By using the fictional (at the time) vehicle of social media, the book is able to give an accurate account of the historic mission, revealing what the people involved in, and those witnessing, the momentous events were thinking, doing and saying at each stage of the mission.
The account covers the entire mission, from the tense build up and countdown to the launch, to the heart-stopping descent to the lunar surface, the first moonwalk, the experiments on the surface, the journey back to Earth, re-entry, recovery and the triumphal reception back in New York.
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