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I wish I'd been there : twenty historians bring to life dramatic events that changed America / edited by Byron Hollinshead.

Contributor(s): Publication details: New York : Doubleday, ©2006.Edition: 1st edDescription: xi, 338 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0385516193
  • 9780385516198
Other title:
  • I wish I had been there
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 973 22
LOC classification:
  • E179 .I15 2006
Other classification:
  • NK 4600
Contents:
A day in Cahokia, AD 1030 / Biloine W. Young -- The Salem witchcraft trials / Mary Beth Norton -- George Washington and the Newburgh conspiracy / Carol Berkin -- The McGillivray moment / Joseph J. Ellis -- Meriwether Lewis on the Divide / Carolyn Gilman -- The corrupt bargain / Robert V. Remini -- The Amistad trial / Paul C. Nagel -- James K. Polk and the 1844 election / Robert W. Johannsen -- Jenny Lind's American debut, 1850 / Philip B. Kunhardt III -- With John Brown at Harpers Ferry / Thomas Fleming -- The day Lincoln was shot / Jay Winik -- Chief Joseph surrenders / Mark Stevens -- La Follette speaks against the war, 1917 / Bernard Weisberger -- The road to Butgnéville, November 11, 1918 / Robert Cowley -- Trying John Scopes / Jonathan Rabb -- Lost-found nation : the last meeting between Elijah Muhammad and W.D. Fard / Kevin Baker -- The sick man in the White House / Geoffrey C. Ward -- JFK and RFK meet about Vietnam / Robert Dallek -- Memory, history, and the March on Washington / Clayborne Carson -- Lyndon Johnson confronts George Wallace / William E. Leuchtenburg.
Summary: "I Wish I'd Been There brings together twenty of our most distinguished historians' responses to the question "What scene or incident in American history would you most liked to have witnessed--and why?" The answers illuminate crucial moments in our past and give readers a front-row seat at some of American history's most dramatic events. The Salem witch trials, the raid on Harper's Ferry, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the voting rights march on Selma, the beginnings of the Vietnam War--all of these and more are vividly recreated here by a stellar list of contributors, including Mary Beth Norton, Joseph Ellis, Carol Berkin, Geoffrey Ward, Robert Dallek, Jay Winik, Robert Cowley, Carolyn Gilman, and William Leuchtenburg, among other luminaries of the profession. With imagination, insight, and vivid detail, I Wish I'd Been There is an engaging tour through key events in American history."--Publisher's website.Summary: In a study that looks at key moments in American history, a collection of essays by leading historians brings to life such important events as the Salem witch trials, the Lewis and Clark expedition, and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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A day in Cahokia, AD 1030 / Biloine W. Young -- The Salem witchcraft trials / Mary Beth Norton -- George Washington and the Newburgh conspiracy / Carol Berkin -- The McGillivray moment / Joseph J. Ellis -- Meriwether Lewis on the Divide / Carolyn Gilman -- The corrupt bargain / Robert V. Remini -- The Amistad trial / Paul C. Nagel -- James K. Polk and the 1844 election / Robert W. Johannsen -- Jenny Lind's American debut, 1850 / Philip B. Kunhardt III -- With John Brown at Harpers Ferry / Thomas Fleming -- The day Lincoln was shot / Jay Winik -- Chief Joseph surrenders / Mark Stevens -- La Follette speaks against the war, 1917 / Bernard Weisberger -- The road to Butgnéville, November 11, 1918 / Robert Cowley -- Trying John Scopes / Jonathan Rabb -- Lost-found nation : the last meeting between Elijah Muhammad and W.D. Fard / Kevin Baker -- The sick man in the White House / Geoffrey C. Ward -- JFK and RFK meet about Vietnam / Robert Dallek -- Memory, history, and the March on Washington / Clayborne Carson -- Lyndon Johnson confronts George Wallace / William E. Leuchtenburg.

"I Wish I'd Been There brings together twenty of our most distinguished historians' responses to the question "What scene or incident in American history would you most liked to have witnessed--and why?" The answers illuminate crucial moments in our past and give readers a front-row seat at some of American history's most dramatic events. The Salem witch trials, the raid on Harper's Ferry, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the voting rights march on Selma, the beginnings of the Vietnam War--all of these and more are vividly recreated here by a stellar list of contributors, including Mary Beth Norton, Joseph Ellis, Carol Berkin, Geoffrey Ward, Robert Dallek, Jay Winik, Robert Cowley, Carolyn Gilman, and William Leuchtenburg, among other luminaries of the profession. With imagination, insight, and vivid detail, I Wish I'd Been There is an engaging tour through key events in American history."--Publisher's website.

In a study that looks at key moments in American history, a collection of essays by leading historians brings to life such important events as the Salem witch trials, the Lewis and Clark expedition, and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

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