Letters of the century : America, 1900-1999 / edited by Lisa Grunwald & Stephen J. Adler.
Encapsulating the people, places, events and trends that shaped our nation during the last 100 years, this book arrives in time to be a major gift book of the season. Beautifully illustrated and produced, it offers more than 400 letters from both famous figures and ordinary citizens, creating an extraordinary chronicle of our history and an essential volume for any family library. A collection of fascinating letters by Americans, famous and obscure, chronicles a century of life in the United States, from Mark Twain's side-splitting, hilarious letter of complaint to the head of Western Union, to an ecstatic letter from a young Charlie Chaplin upon receiving his first movie contract, to Einstein's warning to Roosevelt about atomic warfare, and a young Bill Gates begging hobbyists not to share software, so innovators can make some money, as well as Mark Rudd's "generation gap" letter to the president of Columbia University during the student riots of the 60s. "Immediate and evocative, letters witness and fasten history, catching events as they happen," write Lisa Grunwald and Stephen J. Adler in their introduction to this remarkable book. In these pages, our century's most celebrated figures become everyday people and everyday people become part of history. Here is a veteran's wrenching letter left at the Vietnam Wall, a poignant correspondence between two women trying to become mothers, a heart-breaking letter from an AIDS sufferer telling his parents how he wants to be buried, an indignant e-mail from a PC user to his on-line server. "Letters," write Grunwald and Adler, "give history a voice." Arranged chronologically by decade, illustrated with over 100 photographs, Letters of the Century creates an extraordinary chronicle of our history, through the voices of the men and women who have lived its greatest moments. Illustrations & photos.
Record details
- ISBN: 0385315902
- ISBN: 9780385315906
- Physical Description: 741 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Dial Press, [1999]
- Copyright: ©1999
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [677]-709) and index. |
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Subject: | United States > Civilization > 20th century > Sources. United States > Biography. American letters. |
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- 9 of 9 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Benton Co PL - Fowler | 973.9 LET (Text) | 34044000417228 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Culver-Union Twp PL - Culver | 973.9 GRU (Text) | 34304000213690 | Adult - Nonfiction | Available | - |
Fulton Co PL - Rochester Main Library | 973.9 LET (Text) | 33187001496948 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Hamilton North PL - Cicero Main Branch | 973.9.c Grunwald (Text) | 78294000109520 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Linton PL - Linton | 973.9 GRU (Text) | 30149000005743 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Lowell PL - Lowell | 973.9 GRUNWA (Text) | 33113037525583 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Middletown Fall Creek Twp PL - Middletown | 973.9 LET (Text) | 76331000070556 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Monon Town and Twp PL - Monon | 973.9 LET (Text) | 36825000424943 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Morgan Co PL - Martinsville Main Library | 973.9 LET (Text) | 78551000073277 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |
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Lisa Grunwald, a freelance journalist, is a former Contributing Editor for Life magazine and former Features Editor of Esquire. She is the author of the novels New Year's Eve, The Theory of Everything, and Summer.
Stephen J. Adler is an Assistant Managing Editor at The Wall Street Journal. He is the author of The Jury: Trial And Error In The American Courtroom.
Grunwald and Adler live with their two children in New York City.