Booknotes: Stories from American History
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (622 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0142002496 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 576 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-15 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Essential Essays on American History Monty Rainey If you've ever read any of the BOOKNOTES series by C-SPAN host, Brain Lamb, you already know their value. I personally find this volume, STORIES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY, to be the best of them all. As with all of Lamb's books, the list of contributing writers reads like a Hall of Fame roster.This volume is divided into nine different time periods. Each one covers not just historic and po. Donna Pine said Four Stars. interesting book. Excellent L. J. Gallagher Lamb is just great at this kind of compilation. A great take-along or for kids who show an interest in American history.
American history is shaped by great and small events, and in recent years a generation of writers has brought these events to life. In this volume, more than eighty contemporary writers and historians examine seminal moments from American history, celebrated and uncelebrated alike. For anyone interested in America's rich history-and especially the devoted fans of C-SPAN's Booknotes-this is an engaging compendium of information, opinions, and new perspectives.. They have shared these stories with the viewers of the long-running C-SPAN author-interview program Booknotes, and here some of the best have been collected for readers to savor. Booknotes offers readers conversational essays edited from the interview show, providing an enticing selection of author-subject pairings
Divided into sections from "Revolution and Founding 1776-1815" to "The Culture Wars 1975-2000," the volume features Ben Bradlee on JFK and the Pentagon Papers, Gina Kolata on the 1918 flu pandemic and Witold Rybczynski on the making of Central Park. From Publishers Weekly On C-SPAN's Booknotes, host Brian Lamb conducts in-depth, thoughtful (and sometimes plodding) author interviews. Transcripts of David McCullough, David Brooks, even David Crosby are free on the show's Web site, but polished essays based on the "excerpted and edited" interviews are gathered into a companion series, of which Booknotes: Stories from American History is the third installment. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.