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1001 THINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT AMERICAN HISTORY
by John A. Garraty
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0385244320
- ISBN 13
- 9780385244329
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New York, NY: Doubleday, 1989. 1st Edition First Thus. Hardcover. New/New. Archival Photographs. Text/NEW & Bright. First Edition, First Thus. Bi-color boards/Fine. DJ/NF w/trace edge rubs. An American? History 101 of America all should know. 1001 entries, not meant to be definitive, but richly entertaining & broadening. Deliberatively selective in subject matter, portrait of the making of America. A dictionary of miscellanea like the Boston Tea Party (of course!), who "Dude President" Chester A. Arthur was, when Clarence Birdseye popularized frozen vegetables, and that the song "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" was born from the1930s' Great Depression years. 207 pgs, w/archival photos, assembled by historian Arthur Garraty (1920 - 2007), in 8 parts: I, Politics; II, Ideas; III, People; IV, What'ses; V, Presidents, Pro & Con; VI, Literature & Music; VII, Military Matters; and VIII, Matters Economic & Otherwise.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016123
- Title
- 1001 THINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT AMERICAN HISTORY
- Author
- John A. Garraty
- Illustrator
- Archival Photographs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0385244320
- ISBN 13
- 9780385244329
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1989
- Pages
- 207
- Keywords
- American History, Dictionary, Miscellanea
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- Economics;
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