The Letters Of The Century

Time magazine has called this book "Exceptional," saying it "renders a more definitive portrait of America's past 99 years than would all the centennial books laid decade to decade." An intriguing historical reference, this tome contains over 400 reprinted letters from people of the United States--famous, infamous and anonymous--during the last hundred years. Transcriptions include the telegram Orville Wright sent his father after completing the first four successful powered air flights ever recorded. In 1939 Albert Einstein wrote to President Franklin Roosevelt warning of the coming nuclear age. The book contains letters, missives and musings from W. E. B. DuBois, Anne Sexton, Mark Twain and more. Arranged chronologically by decade and has over 100 black and white photographs, plus complete index. Hardcover with 741 pages. 7 1/8" W x 9 1/4" L x 1 3/4" D. (3 2/3 oz.)