I wish I'd been there :  twenty historians bring to life dramatic events that changed America / 
 I wish I had been there 
edited by Byron Hollinshead. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Doubleday,  ©2006. 
 - xi, 338 pages :  illustrations ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> A day in Cahokia, AD 1030 /  The Salem witchcraft trials /  George Washington and the Newburgh conspiracy /  The McGillivray moment /  Meriwether Lewis on the Divide /  The corrupt bargain /  The Amistad trial /  James K. Polk and the 1844 election /  Jenny Lind's American debut, 1850 /  With John Brown at Harpers Ferry /  The day Lincoln was shot /  Chief Joseph surrenders /  La Follette speaks against the war, 1917 /  The road to Butgnéville, November 11, 1918 /  Trying John Scopes /  Lost-found nation : the last meeting between Elijah Muhammad and W.D. Fard /  The sick man in the White House /  JFK and RFK meet about Vietnam /  Memory, history, and the March on Washington /  Lyndon Johnson confronts George Wallace /  Biloine W. Young --  Mary Beth Norton --  Carol Berkin --  Joseph J. Ellis --  Carolyn Gilman --  Robert V. Remini --  Paul C. Nagel --  Robert W. Johannsen --  Philip B. Kunhardt III --  Thomas Fleming --  Jay Winik --  Mark Stevens --  Bernard Weisberger --  Robert Cowley --  Jonathan Rabb --  Kevin Baker --  Geoffrey C. Ward --  Robert Dallek --  Clayborne Carson --  William E. Leuchtenburg. 
<br/><br/> "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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0385516193 9780385516198 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>9780385516198 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006041125 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>Geschichte 1030-1965. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History--Anecdotes.<br/>United States.<br/>USA.<br/>Estados Unidos--Historia--Anécdotas.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Anecdotes.<br/>History.<br/>Anecdotes.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E179  / .I15 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973