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Description edit
David McCullough, author of Truman, has collected his favorite pieces -- profiles of exceptional men and women past and present who have not only shaped the course of history or changed how we see the world but whose stories express much that is timeless about the human condition. Here are... read more
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First Sentence edit
ON A MORNING in May 1804, there arrived at the White House by Baltimore coach, and in the company of the painter Charles Willson Peale, a visitor from abroad: an aristocratic young German, age thirty-four, a bachelor, occupation scientist and explorer.
Authors & Contributors edit
- David G. McCullough (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Prentice Hall Direct
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1991
ISBN: 0131401041
Page Count: 240
Publisher: Prentice Hall Direct
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1991
ISBN: 0131401041
Page Count: 240
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 920.073
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States
- Books › History › World
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs
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