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Author: Rick Marschall Publisher: Post Hill Press ISBN: 1637586337 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 249
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Historian Rick Marschall has collected almost five hundred quotations, descriptions, impressions, and memories of the “Most Interesting American” derived from vintage newspapers, magazines, scrapbooks, diaries, letters and so much more. In chapters devoted to his personality as a family man, a conservationist, an intellectual, patriot, activist, and as an American TR comes alive as never before seen. In more than a century since his death, the personal attributes that endeared Theodore to his America have become obscured. In this book of firsthand, eyewitness accounts TR comes roaring back to us in all of his astonishing ways!
Author: Rick Marschall Publisher: Post Hill Press ISBN: 1637586337 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 249
Book Description
Historian Rick Marschall has collected almost five hundred quotations, descriptions, impressions, and memories of the “Most Interesting American” derived from vintage newspapers, magazines, scrapbooks, diaries, letters and so much more. In chapters devoted to his personality as a family man, a conservationist, an intellectual, patriot, activist, and as an American TR comes alive as never before seen. In more than a century since his death, the personal attributes that endeared Theodore to his America have become obscured. In this book of firsthand, eyewitness accounts TR comes roaring back to us in all of his astonishing ways!
Author: Jill Lepore Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN: 0393635252 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 773
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“Nothing short of a masterpiece.” —NPR Books A New York Times Bestseller and a Washington Post Notable Book of the Year In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation. Widely hailed for its “sweeping, sobering account of the American past” (New York Times Book Review), Jill Lepore’s one-volume history of America places truth itself—a devotion to facts, proof, and evidence—at the center of the nation’s history. The American experiment rests on three ideas—“these truths,” Jefferson called them—political equality, natural rights, and the sovereignty of the people. But has the nation, and democracy itself, delivered on that promise? These Truths tells this uniquely American story, beginning in 1492, asking whether the course of events over more than five centuries has proven the nation’s truths, or belied them. To answer that question, Lepore wrestles with the state of American politics, the legacy of slavery, the persistence of inequality, and the nature of technological change. “A nation born in contradiction… will fight, forever, over the meaning of its history,” Lepore writes, but engaging in that struggle by studying the past is part of the work of citizenship. With These Truths, Lepore has produced a book that will shape our view of American history for decades to come.
Author: Steven Skiena Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1107041376 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 393
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In this fascinating book, Steve Skiena and Charles Ward bring quantitative analysis to bear on ranking and comparing historical reputations by aggregating the traces of millions of opinions, just as Google ranks webpages. They present rankings of more than one thousand of history's most significant people in science, politics, entertainment, and all areas of human endeavor.
Author: Publisher: Post Hill Press ISBN: 9781637586327 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 0
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Theodore Roosevelt largely is known today by some stereotypes and his many accomplishments—but the full and fascinating essence of the man is fading. In this book, TR charges back! Historian Rick Marschall has collected almost five hundred quotations, descriptions, impressions, and memories of the “Most Interesting American,” not from recent historians or critics, but from people who knew him, worked with him, interviewed him, and some who only met him once—all of whom recorded their impressions of Theodore “TR” Roosevelt. Derived from vintage newspapers and magazines; scrapbooks and diaries; and letters and memoirs, the multifaceted TR lives again in chapters devoted to his personality as an ebullient humor; as a family man; as a man of faith; as a conservationist; as an outdoorsman and advocate of the Strenuous Life; as a political figure; as an intellectual, patriot, activist, and…as an American. In more than a century since his death, the personal attributes that endeared him to his nation have become obscured. In this book of firsthand, eyewitness accounts…TR comes roaring back to us in all of his astonishing ways!
Author: George L. Lee Publisher: McFarland Publishing ISBN: 9780786407149 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 224
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Cameo biographies along with Lee's famous pen-and-ink portraits make this book an inviting and inspiring browser for students as well as a useful reference to teachers, writers, librarians, black community leaders and the general reader. Both major achievements and little-known interesting facts are given on over 200 Americans. The coverage is broad: past and present leaders, performers, musicians and sports greats, scientists, writers and military men and women. The material is drawn from a newspaper feature which the author created in 1945. The feature continued until 1986 and has appeared in most of the major black newspapers in the United States.
Author: Alberto Velezmoro Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 224
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This book is meant to give a broad overview of the biggest events about the America�admittedly with a few more trivial but very interesting tidbits along the way�in a way that delivers truth without getting into debate about bias. History can get dry, so humor is a great alleviator, but quite frankly, not all of it is very funny. Some of it is hard to hear, and some of it sparks debate, sometimes because of one�s interpretation and sometimes because the version we learned hasn�t been unlearned, and the new, not as pleasant information might come as a surprise.In this book, you�ll find 1,000 funny, weird, random, and little known facts about the United States of America. From its Constitution to its molasses explosion, from its presidents' false teeth to its cow-to-resident ratios, the U.S. is full of interesting facts. Did you know that it�s illegal to view a moose from an airplane in Alaska? Or that you can get a unicorn hunting license in Michigan?Via this book, we hope you could learn something and you take it with you. Nothing�s perfect, and some things are further from it than others, but truth is the only way to make sure one gets closer and closer to it. We hope you read this book with interest and sometimes maybe a little anger (though not at us), sometimes a lot of laughter, and you learn something about the United States, about your history, and about how even the things you love most in the world aren�t perfect and really don�t have to be, as long as you�re willing to help get them a little closer.We hope you and your friends enjoy this book!
Author: Bill O'Neill Publisher: ISBN: 9781648450280 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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Do you think you know everything about the United States? Think again! Did you know that tomatoes were once put on trial in New Jersey? Or that it's illegal to whistle underwater in West Virginia? With these 1,000 facts about the USA, you're guaranteed to discover something you didn't know.From USA history to silly facts about American presidents, from laws you can't believe are laws to facts about U.S. inventions, this book is the perfect solution to any moment of boredom. It has facts about religion and sports, facts about U.S. geography and nature, facts about food and drinks, and facts about language, animals, and American education. There are facts about science, facts about the military, facts about modes of transportation, facts about business and money, and facts about how big the United States really is.According to one American, "This book of trivia is the greatest thing that's been written since the Nevada state Constitution. Did you know that was the longest message ever sent via Morse code telegram?"With this book of 1,000 trivia facts, you'll impress even the most knowledgeable friends you have. Use the interesting facts to start a great conversation. Pull out the random facts to make someone smile. Be the center of any party with all the funny facts you'll find in this book. Got a pub quiz or trivia night to go to? Prepare with this book! With this many fun facts about the United States, you'll win every time.
Author: Julian Street Publisher: Palala Press ISBN: 9781359534392 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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Author: Rick Marschall
Author: Rick Marschall
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Author: Jill Lepore
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Author: George L. Lee
Author: Alberto Velezmoro
Author: Julian Street
Author: Bill O'Neill
Author: Julian Street