American history is shaped by great and small events, and inrecent years a generation of writers has brought these events tolife. They have shared these stories with the viewers of thelong-running C-SPAN author-interview program Booknotes, andhere some of the best have been collected for readers to savor. Inthis volume, more than eighty contemporary writers and historiansexamine seminal moments from American history, celebrated anduncelebrated alike.
Booknotes offers readers conversational essays edited from theinterview show, providing an enticing selection of author-subjectpairings. For anyone interested in America's rich history-andespecially the devoted fans of C-SPAN's Booknotes-this is anengaging compendium of information, opinions, and newperspectives.
【作者简介】
Brian Lamb, the founding CEO of C-SPAN, has been the host ofBooknotes since its inception in 1989 and has read each ofthe more than six hundred books that the program hasfeatured.
Susan Swain is C-SPAN's Executive Vice President and has been ahost of C-SPAN television programs for nearly twenty years. She hasserved as executive editor for all three Booknotestitles.
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