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Who's who in American history : leaders, visionaries, and icons who shaped our nation.

Kostyal, K. M., 1951- (author.). Thompson, John M. (John Milliken), 1959- (author.). Gray, William R., 1946- (author.). National Geographic Society (U.S.) (Added Author).

Summary:

This book tells the story of America through its presidents, revolutionaries, visionaries, inventors, entertainers and even its most notorious villains. Arranged chronologically, each of eight arresting chapters opens with an essay setting the tone of the times and a time line of key historic events. Dozens of biographies follow in alphabetical order, punctuated with illustrated sidebars that lend historical contest.

Record details

ISBN: 9781426218347 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1426218346 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Physical Description: 367 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2017.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- The old world in the new, 1492-1760 / K.M. Kostyal -- Forging a new nation, 1761-1824 / K.M. Kostyal -- Young America: ambitious & ambivalent, 1825-1860 / K.M. Kostyal -- The terrible swift sword, 1861-1876 / K.M. Kostyal -- A post-Civil War golden age, 1877-1918 / John M. Thompson -- The rebirth of America, 1919-1945 / John M. Thompson -- Leader of the free world, 1946-1979 / John M. Thompson -- Into a new millennium, 1980-present / William R. Gray.