No marks or writing observed in text. Binding tight and square. Gently read. Faux gray leather boards with inset picture and gilt lettering and decoration. Includes: -- Mysteries Of American History (We asked dozens of historians to play detective and tell us what case in all of American history they would most like to see cracked). // . -- The Man Who Invented Manhattan (Fewer than half of O. Henry's short stories actually take place in New York, but we still see the city through his eyes) by Judith Dunford. // . -- The Second Sinking Of The ?Maine' (Giving the men who died aboard America's first battleship a decent funeral took fourteen years, three-quarters of a million dollars, and some hair-raising engineering. But in the end, they did it right.) by Carmine Prioli. // . -- Whatever Happened To New Math? (In the early sixties it was going to revolutionize American education. By the early seventies it had confounded a generation of schoolchildren. Today it is virtually forgotten. But as we head toward another round of educational reforms, we should recall why it went wrong.) by Jeffrey W. Miller. // . -- "Most Americans Don't Know What Lincoln Really Represents" (For a good part of his life, the governor of New York has used history as a guide?and a solace) by William E. Leuchtenburg. // .
Title: American Heritage Magazine (December 1990 - Volume 41, No. 8)
ISBN Number: B004BC70RO
Location Published: American Heritage: December 1990
Size: Leather
Book Condition: Collectible - Good
Categories: American History
Seller ID: 50084
