Letters of the Century America 1900-1999

Name: Letters of the Century America 1900-1999
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ISBN: 9780385315937

ISBN-10: 0385315937

ISBN-13: 9780385315937

Edition: N/A

Authors: Lisa Grunwald, Stephen J. Adler

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"Immediate and evocative, letters witness and fasten history, catching events as they happen," write Lisa Grunwald and Stephen J. Adler in their introduction to this remarkable book. In more than 400 letters from both famous figures and ordinary citizens, Letters of the Century encapsulates the people and places, events and trends that shaped our nation during the last 100 years. Here is Mark Twain's hilarious letter of complaint to the head of Western Union, an ecstatic letter from a young Charlie Chaplin upon receiving his first movie contract, Einstein's letter to Franklin Roosevelt warning about atomic warfare, Mark Rudd's "generation gap" letter to the president of Columbia University…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/8/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 752
Size: 9.25" wide x 6.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.794
Language: English

Lisa Grunwald, a freelance journalist, is a former Contributing Editor forLifemagazine and former Features Editor ofEsquire.She is the author of the novelsNew Year's Eve, The Theory of Everything, andSummer. Stephen J. Adler is an Assistant Managing Editor atThe Wall Street Journal.He is the author ofThe Jury: Trial And Error In The American Courtroom. Grunwald and Adler live with their two children in New York City.