Booknotes: Stories from American History
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ISBN: 0142002496 / Publisher: Penguin Books, October 2002
Contemporary writers and historians examine specific events that have shaped American history, from the Boston Tea Party to the 2000 election and the events of September 11, 2001.
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American history is shaped by great and small events, and in recent years a generation of writers has brought these events to life. 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. In this volume, more than eighty contemporary writers and historians examine seminal moments from American history, celebrated and uncelebrated alike. Booknotes offers readers conversational essays edited from the interview show, providing an enticing selection of author-subject pairings. 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.
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