Eyewitness: American Originals from the National Archives - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0975860135 ISBN 13: 9780975860137

Publisher: Foundation for the National Archives, 2006

Synopsis

Thomas Jefferson's report on the violence in the streets of Paris at the unfolding of the French Revolution; explorer John C. Fremont's descriptions of the vast western landscapes he saw in 1843; and, Lady Bird Johnson's diary account of President Kennedy's assassination - these are among the twenty-two eyewitness accounts presented in this major new book chronicling some of the most dramatic moments in history. Gripping and emotional, they capture the exuberance, grief, joy, panic, or chaos that characterized the events. Many of the items, never before published, offer a fresh and surprising perspective on familiar events.

About this title

Review:

"'Nothing can be believed but what one sees, or has from an eye witness.' (Thomas Jefferson, Paris, July 19,1789)"

About the Author:

Stacey Bredhoff is senior curator on the Exhibits Staff at the National Archives. Exhibitions she has curated include 'The Charters of Freedom-'A New World Is at Hand" (2003-Present), 'American Originals' (1995-2004), a series of exhibitions, which was awarded the John Wesley Powell Prize by the Society of History in the Federal Government in 1997, and toured the United States from 2001-2004.

About this edition

• Publisher: Foundation for the National Archives
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0975860135
• ISBN 13: 9780975860137
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96
• Editor: Bredhoff Stacey