Invisible giants
Subtitle: fifty Americans who shaped the nation but missed the history books
By: edited by Mark Carnes.
Contributors: Carnes, Mark C. 1950-; American Council of Learned Societies.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
Subjects: United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Oxford University Press recently asked fifty accomplished personalities from a diverse range of industries and interests to each select a person from the 24-volume American National Biography that they felt deserved more attention. The biographies of these forgotten figures appear alongside the often-personal comments of their selectors in Invisible Giants, a varied and lively collection of portraits celebrating history's forgotten and fading heroes."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-310) and index.
"All American National Biography entries copyright 2000 by the American Council of Learned Societies"--T.p. verso.