✖

Sign in

to continue to ilmkidunya.com

Witness To America: A Documentary History Of The United States From The Revolution To Today

AuthorDouglas Brinkley
Rating
Price1121

This collection of primary documents tells the story of the history of the United States throughout its existence, from first person perspectives of the people who lived it. Based on the text originally edited by Henry Steele Commager and Allan Nevins and revised with Stephen Ambrose, this new edition of "Witness to America" updates the collection through the present day. Including first-person essays, diaries, letters, newspaper articles, speeches, and travel journals, this is an extraordinary collection of eyewitness accounts of the major events in the American experience, including: John Adams witnesses the writing of "The Declaration of Independence"; George Washington bids farewell to his nation; Mark Twain encounters the Pony Express; Davy Crockett defends the Alamo; Abraham Lincoln delivers the Emancipation Proclamation; Henry Ford constructs a gasoline buggy; Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat; Malcolm X addresses his followers; Jack Kerouac personifies the Beat Generation; Betty Friedan reflects on the women's liberation movement; Neil Armstrong walks on the moon; Bill Gates shapes the computer revolution; the divisive 2000 Presidential election; the trauma of 9/11; the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina; and, Barack Obama's ascent to the presidency.

Publisher N A
Publication Date 20/07/2010
Number of Pages 100
Binding Hard Back
ISBN 9780061990281
Category Non Fiction , Current Affairs

Price Offers From Different Stores

Store	Price
Young Samurai: The Way of the Warrior	Rs. 746
Young Samurai: The Way of the Sword	Rs. 746
You'll Be the Death of Me - (PB)	Rs. 1295
The Night She Disappeared: the No. 1 bestseller from the author of The Family Upstairs	Rs. 1695
The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko: A Novel - Hardcover	Rs. 2750
Scatter Her Ashes (A Thorkild Aske Mystery)	Rs. 1595
Reckless Girls: The exciting new psychological crime suspense thriller and New York Times bestseller!	Rs. 1195
Outbreak - A Terrifyingly Real Thriller from the No. 1 Sunday Times Bestselling Author	Rs. 1495
Jaadu Ki Tareekh	Rs. 500
In Pursuit of the Truth -	Rs. 570
Enna Burning (Books of Bayern) - Paperback	Rs. 746
Blacktop Wasteland: the acclaimed and award-winning crime hit of the year	Rs. 1395

Book Reviews

00 Review No review posted by any user for this Witness To America: A Documentary History Of The United States From The Revolution To Today. Be the first to rate this Book