The Resource Witness to America : an illustrated documentary history of the United States from the Revolution to today, Stephen Ambrose & Douglas Brinkley, [editors]
Witness to America : an illustrated documentary history of the United States from the Revolution to today, Stephen Ambrose & Douglas Brinkley, [editors]
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The item Witness to America : an illustrated documentary history of the United States from the Revolution to today, Stephen Ambrose & Douglas Brinkley, [editors] represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
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- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xv, 605 p.
- Note
-
- "A Lou Reda book."
- "Originally edited by Henry Steele Commager and Allan Nevins."
- Rev., updated ed. of: The heritage of America / edited by Henry Steele Commager and Allan Nevins. Rev. and enl. ed. 1949
- Contents
-
- Audio CD: 1. Introduction
- 2. Mowhawks spill tea in Boston Harbor
- 3. Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence
- 4. The American army suffers at Valley Forge
- 5. Tecumseh pledges support to the British
- 6. "Old America is moving westward"
- 7. Settlers recall growing up in the early Republic
- 8. Mark Twain on the Pony Express
- 9. Three accounts of pioneer life
- 10. The Reverend Walsh inspects a slave ship
- 11. Abraham Lincoln : O captain, my captain
- 12. Writing "The battle hymn of the Republic"
- 13. The Civil War ends with a surrender
- 14. Robert Louis Stevenson travels across the Plains
- 15. Henry Ford constructs a gasoline buggy
- 16. Jacob Riis discovers how the other half lives
- 17. Theodore Roosevelt takes charge of the Navy
- 18. The World Wars
- 19. The Marines cross a river under fire on Guadalcanal
- 20. An American plane ushers in the Atomic Age
- 21. The GIs and modern America
- 22. Edward R. Murrow on the meaning of television
- 23. John F. Kennedy delivers his inaugural address
- 24. Rosa Parks gets arested in Montgomery
- 25. The Democratic convention, August 1968
- 26. Neil Armstrong reminisces about his moon walk
- 27. The harrowing evacuation of Saigon
- 28. Bill Gates on the birth of the personal computer
- 29. Michael Kinsley on the impeachment of Bill Clinton
- 30. Toward the new millennium
- 31. Conclusion
- Isbn
- 9780062716118
- Label
- Witness to America : an illustrated documentary history of the United States from the Revolution to today
- Title
- Witness to America
- Title remainder
- an illustrated documentary history of the United States from the Revolution to today
- Statement of responsibility
- Stephen Ambrose & Douglas Brinkley, [editors]
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 973
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- phonodisk
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E173
- LC item number
- .W78 1999
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1902-1998
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
-
- Commager, Henry Steele
- Ambrose, Stephen E
- Brinkley, Douglas
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- United States
- United States
- Label
- Witness to America : an illustrated documentary history of the United States from the Revolution to today, Stephen Ambrose & Douglas Brinkley, [editors]
- Note
-
- "A Lou Reda book."
- "Originally edited by Henry Steele Commager and Allan Nevins."
- Rev., updated ed. of: The heritage of America / edited by Henry Steele Commager and Allan Nevins. Rev. and enl. ed. 1949
- Accompanying material
- 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- Audio CD: 1. Introduction -- 2. Mowhawks spill tea in Boston Harbor -- 3. Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence -- 4. The American army suffers at Valley Forge -- 5. Tecumseh pledges support to the British -- 6. "Old America is moving westward" -- 7. Settlers recall growing up in the early Republic -- 8. Mark Twain on the Pony Express -- 9. Three accounts of pioneer life -- 10. The Reverend Walsh inspects a slave ship -- 11. Abraham Lincoln : O captain, my captain -- 12. Writing "The battle hymn of the Republic" -- 13. The Civil War ends with a surrender -- 14. Robert Louis Stevenson travels across the Plains -- 15. Henry Ford constructs a gasoline buggy -- 16. Jacob Riis discovers how the other half lives -- 17. Theodore Roosevelt takes charge of the Navy -- 18. The World Wars -- 19. The Marines cross a river under fire on Guadalcanal -- 20. An American plane ushers in the Atomic Age -- 21. The GIs and modern America -- 22. Edward R. Murrow on the meaning of television -- 23. John F. Kennedy delivers his inaugural address -- 24. Rosa Parks gets arested in Montgomery -- 25. The Democratic convention, August 1968 -- 26. Neil Armstrong reminisces about his moon walk -- 27. The harrowing evacuation of Saigon -- 28. Bill Gates on the birth of the personal computer -- 29. Michael Kinsley on the impeachment of Bill Clinton -- 30. Toward the new millennium -- 31. Conclusion
- Control code
- ocm41400736
- Dimensions
- 29 cm. +
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xv, 605 p.
- Isbn
- 9780062716118
- Lccn
- 99023797
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o41400736
- (Sirsi) o41400736
- Label
- Witness to America : an illustrated documentary history of the United States from the Revolution to today, Stephen Ambrose & Douglas Brinkley, [editors]
- Note
-
- "A Lou Reda book."
- "Originally edited by Henry Steele Commager and Allan Nevins."
- Rev., updated ed. of: The heritage of America / edited by Henry Steele Commager and Allan Nevins. Rev. and enl. ed. 1949
- Accompanying material
- 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- Audio CD: 1. Introduction -- 2. Mowhawks spill tea in Boston Harbor -- 3. Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence -- 4. The American army suffers at Valley Forge -- 5. Tecumseh pledges support to the British -- 6. "Old America is moving westward" -- 7. Settlers recall growing up in the early Republic -- 8. Mark Twain on the Pony Express -- 9. Three accounts of pioneer life -- 10. The Reverend Walsh inspects a slave ship -- 11. Abraham Lincoln : O captain, my captain -- 12. Writing "The battle hymn of the Republic" -- 13. The Civil War ends with a surrender -- 14. Robert Louis Stevenson travels across the Plains -- 15. Henry Ford constructs a gasoline buggy -- 16. Jacob Riis discovers how the other half lives -- 17. Theodore Roosevelt takes charge of the Navy -- 18. The World Wars -- 19. The Marines cross a river under fire on Guadalcanal -- 20. An American plane ushers in the Atomic Age -- 21. The GIs and modern America -- 22. Edward R. Murrow on the meaning of television -- 23. John F. Kennedy delivers his inaugural address -- 24. Rosa Parks gets arested in Montgomery -- 25. The Democratic convention, August 1968 -- 26. Neil Armstrong reminisces about his moon walk -- 27. The harrowing evacuation of Saigon -- 28. Bill Gates on the birth of the personal computer -- 29. Michael Kinsley on the impeachment of Bill Clinton -- 30. Toward the new millennium -- 31. Conclusion
- Control code
- ocm41400736
- Dimensions
- 29 cm. +
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xv, 605 p.
- Isbn
- 9780062716118
- Lccn
- 99023797
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o41400736
- (Sirsi) o41400736
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