I Wish I'd Been There: Twenty Historians Bring to Life Dramatic Events That Changed America [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Hollingshead, Byron (editor); Young, Biloine, W.; Norton, Mary Beth; Ellis, Joseph; Winik, Jay; Berkin, Carol; Baker, Kevin; Cowley, Robert; Gilman, Carolyn; Remini, Robert V.; Nagel, Paul, C.; Johannsen, Robert W.; Kunhardt, Philip, B.; Fleming, Thomas; Stevens, Mark; Weisberrger, Bernard; Rabb, Jonathan; Carson, Clayborne; Ward, Geoffrey; Dallek, Robert; Leuchtenburg, William

Published by Doubleday, New York, 2006

About this Item

As new condition maroon boards/brown spine/gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Illustrations; Introduction by Byron Hollinshead; Acknowledgments; Illustration Credits; and A Note About the Editor. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. "Twenty distinguished American historians vividly re-imagine twenty events of great drama and significance in our country's past. "What is the scene or incident in American history that you would like to have witnessed - and why?" This is the thought-provoking question that editor Byron Holingshead posed to twenty of our finest interpreters of American history with the invitation to write a personal essay answering it. The result is I Wish I'd Been There, a book that trains a lens on crucial moments of our past and brings them to vivid life. With these peerless scholars as their guides, readers will be transported to the Salem witch trials, the Lewis and Clark expedition, the raid on Harpers Ferry, the assissination of Abraham Lincoln, the Scopes "monkey trial," the beginnings of the Vietnam War, the voting rights march to Selma, and other turning points of our national drama. Contributors include Mary Beth Norton, Joseph Ellis, Jay Winik, Carol Berkin, Kevin Baker, Robert Cowley, Carolyn Gilman, Geoffrey Ward, Robert Dallek, and William Leuchtenburg, among other luminaries of the historical profession. I Wish I'd Been There is a marvelous concept, wonderfully and imaginatively executed. The result is an American pageant of character and event that will attract and delight readers of history." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: I Wish I'd Been There: Twenty Historians Bring to Life Dramatic Events That Changed America [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]
• Publisher: Doubleday, New York
• Publication Date: 2006
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine