Booknotes: Stories from American History

About this book

American history is shaped by great and small events and in recent years a generation of writers has brought these events to life. They have shared these stories with the viewers of the long-running C-SPAN author-interview program Booknotes and here some of the best have been collected for readers to savor. In this volume more than eighty contemporary writers and historians examine seminal moments from American history celebrated and uncelebrated alike. Booknotes offers readers conversational essays edited from the interview show providing an enticing selection of author-subject pairings. For anyone interested in Americas rich history-and especially the devoted fans of C-SPANs Booknotes-this is an engaging compendium of information opinions and new perspectives.