America: A Visual History From Then to Now

LIFE Books

Verlag: LIFE Books, New York, 2010

Beschreibung

New condition oversized (folio - over 12 inches tall) white boards with a white spine and silver spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes Introduction. Profusely illustrated with both black-and-white and color photographs plus photographic front and rear endpapers. "This book is a journey through time and a vast space. From the coming of the Native Americans to the arrival of European explorers and, then, the pilgrims at Plymouth .From the Founding Fathers to the nation's first black President. From the Wright brothers to a man on the moon. From the desert of Southern California to the rise of Hollywood . From sandlot baseball in the 19th century to Babe Ruth to the gleaming new stadiums of today .From a mountain named Rushmore to a monument nambed Rushmore. Frm Then to Now. The history of America is as colorful as it is dynamic, and seldom has it been told in so colorful a fashion as it is in these pages. In the always vibray photography that readers have come to expect from LIFE, the land as it once was is shown then contrasted with the way it is today. There are people, places and things in this book; the nation's first female entertainment superstar, Annie Oakley, and one of its latest, Beyonce. The Grand Canyon as it was when first explored by Major John Wesley Poweell and as it is enjoyed by today's vacationers. Henry Ford'd Model T and the solar cars of tomorrow. This is an engaging and entertaining way of looking at America, and the accompanying text explains at every turn how we moved from the past to the present and how that movement was particularly AMerican in character. There are surpirses here. We cannot know what happened to the ancient cave dwellers of the Southwest, and the remnants of their civilization haunt us today. Here is Thomas Jefferson's own draft of the eclaration of Independence, with Ben Franklin's changes penciled in - what could be more fun? Well, perhaps watching the Washington Monument or the Empire State Building grow tall before your eyes. America's visual history is a captivating one, and no one has captured it quite like the editors of LIFE have in this special book." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 006110

Bibliografische Details

Titel: America: A Visual History From Then to Now

Verlag: LIFE Books, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 2010

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: New

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine