What the Last Analog Generation Can Teach Us About Surviving Rapid Change

An award-winning oral history from 100 interviews with the Greatest Generation.

Winner of the 2020 National Indie Excellence Award | Finalist for the 2020 International Book Awards | Finalist at the Lift Off Film Festival

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Miles Driven

100

In-Person Interviews

8,352

Years of Knowledge

Award-Winning Book

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Reflections connecting the past to the present — what the Greatest Generation taught me about navigating chaos, and what I’m learning now as a writer and anthropologist documenting paradigm shifts.

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Author and cultural anthropologist Veronica Kirin traveled more than 11,000 miles across the United States to interview the last living members of the Greatest Generation, each one born before 1945. “Stories of Elders” preserves the wisdom, thoughts, humor, knowledge, and advice of the people who make up one of America’s final analog generations. These fascinating stories share rapid social and technological advancements alongside major historical events like World War I, the Dust Bowl, the Great Depression, and World War II and document the paradigm shift of the high-tech revolution for generations to come.

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November 2022
New Books Network interview with Veronica Kirin

October 2021
Need Help With Today’s Technology? Ask Your Elders!

August 2021
Shepherd Book Promo mentions Stories of Elders

October 2020
Grand Rapids Magazine highlights awards for Stories of Elders

July 2020
Stories of Elders is named a Finalist in the International Book Awards category General History

July 2020
Stories of Elders is named Winner of the National Indie Excellence Award for US History

June 2020
Interview with author Veronica Kirin

June 2020
Review of Stories of Elders

September 2019
Effingham Daily News

September 2019
Longmont Observer

September 2019
Effingham Radio