AMBROSE, Stephen; Douglas Brinkley.
Witness to America: An Illustrated Documentary History of the United States from the Revolution to Today.
"The United States has to move very fast to even stand still": First Edition of Witness to America; signed by bestselling historians Stephen Ambrose and Douglas Brinkley
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1999.
$850.00
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Item Number: RRB-149236
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First edition of this collection of eyewitness accounts and illustrations chronicling the American experience. Thick quarto, original publisher's half-cloth, black and white illustrations throughout, with an audio CD bound in at the rear. Boldly signed by both Stephen Ambrose and Douglas Brinkley on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Based on the text originally edited by Henry Steele Commager and Allan Nevins. Jacket design by Tom Lau. Uncommon signed by both authors.
Stephen E. Ambrose (1936–2002) was a prominent American historian whose work focused on military history, presidential leadership, and the lived experiences of ordinary soldiers. A professor and prolific author, Ambrose gained widespread recognition for his studies of World War II, most notably D-Day: June 6, 1944, Citizen Soldiers, and Band of Brothers, the latter adapted into a celebrated HBO miniseries. Douglas Brinkley (b. 1960) is an American historian, author, and professor whose work spans political, environmental, and cultural history, with a particular focus on presidential leadership and American ideals. Known for his accessible narrative style and extensive use of archival research, Brinkley has written acclaimed biographies of figures such as Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy, as well as studies on topics ranging from conservation to the civil rights movement.
Witness to America: An Illustrated Documentary History of the United States from the Revolution to Today.
$850.00
In Stock