Eyewitness to History: From Ancient Times to the Modern Era
Patricia S. Daniels, a freelance writer and editor, has contributed to many books, including the bestsellingAlmanac of World HistoryandThe Encyclopedia of Spacefor National Geographic.James Reston, Jr. (Foreword) is the author of 13 books, three plays, and numerous articles in national magazines, includingThe New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Time, The New York Times Magazine, Smithsonian,andEsquire.His last four historical books,Galileo: A Life, The Last Apocalypse, Warriors of God,andDogs of Godhave been translated into 12 foreign languages and several have been optioned by Hollywood. In 1976-77, Reston was David Frost's Watergate adviser for the famous Frost/Nixon Interviews, seen by 57 million people worldwide. His narrative of that experience, published in 2007 and entitledThe Conviction of Richard Nixon: The Untold Story of the Frost/Nixon Interviews,was the main inspiration for the hit London play, "Frost/Nixon," in which Reston is a major character. The Hollywood adaptation of the play, directed by Ron Howard, featured actor Sam Rockwell as Reston. In recent years Reston has lectured widely at the Smithsonian, the Library of Congress (previous scholar in residence), and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC, where he is a senior scholar.