America reborn
Subtitle: a twentieth-century narrative in twenty-six lives
By: Martin Walker.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 393
Subjects: United States -- History -- 20th century -- Biography; United States -- Civilization -- 20th century
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Here is the story of America in the twentieth century as told through the lives of twenty-six of its most remarkable and historically crucial men and women." "The people Martin Walker has chosen to portray are presidents, industrialists, artists, thinkers, entertainers, soldiers, spies, criminals, and evangelists, among others, and he makes the life of each individual serve as a framework for a discussion of the nation as a whole in a century when it was reinventing itself."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes index.