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Author Ambrose, Stephen E
Title To America : personal reflections of an historian / Stephen E. Ambrose
Publish Info New York : Simon & Schuster, c2002
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 Main Library  E178.6 .A38 2002    AVAILABLE

 Preface: Storytelling 
1The Founding Fathers1
2The Battle of New Orleans15
3The Indian Country27
4The Transcontinental Railroad43
5Grant and Reconstruction58
6Theodore Roosevelt and the Beginning of the American Century75
7Democracy, Eisenhower, and the War in Europe93
8The War in the Pacific101
9The Legacy of World War II116
10Vietnam126
11Writing in and About America148
12War Stories: Crazy Horse and Custer and Pegasus Bridge165
13Writing About Nixon173
14Writing About Men in Action, 1992-2001187
15The National D-Day Museum201
16American Racism212
17Women's Rights and Immigration220
18The United States and Nation Building234
19Nothing Like It in the World244
 Acknowledgments251
 Index253
Description xvi, 265 p. ; 24 cm
Note Includes index
Contents The Founding Fathers -- The Battle of New Orleans -- The Indian country -- The transcontinental railroad -- Grant and reconstruction -- Theodore Roosevelt and the beginning of the American century -- Democracy, Eisenhower, and the war in Europe -- The war in the Pacific -- The legacy of World War II -- Vietnam -- Writing in and about America -- War stories: Crazy Horse and Custer and Pegasus Bridge -- Writing about Nixon -- Writing about men in action, 1992-2001 -- The National D-Day Museum -- American racism -- Women's rights and immigration -- The United States and nation building -- Nothing like it in the world
Subjects Ambrose, Stephen E
Historians -- United States -- Biography
United States -- History
United States -- Biography
United States -- Historiography
OCLC # 50754782
ISBN 0743202759
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