The Illustrated History Of America

This book has 572 photographs and illustrations that chronicle the history of the United States of America from its discovery to the 21st century. Organized chronologically, the book uses iconic and lesser-known images and text to depict the American experience, from the only known photograph of Abraham Lincoln delivering the Gettysburg Address to the indelible image of Marines raising an American flag at Iwo Jima. A photograph of Mark Twain's handwritten manuscript of the first page of Huckleberry Finn and an image of the 120' scroll Jack Kerouac used to type On The Road help convey the history of American literature. The book also covers seminal events in sports with images of the U.S. hockey team celebrating their victory over the heavily favored Soviet Union at the 1980 Olympics and Muhammad Ali watching George Foreman struggle to get up off the mat during the historic "Rumble in the Jungle." 266 pages.