| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xi, 338 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Anecdotes.
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| Added Author |
Hollinshead, Byron.
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| Added Title |
I wish I had been there |
| ISBN |
0385516193 |
| Standard No. |
9780385516198 |
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