Title

American heritage great minds of history

Description

Five historians ; Stephan Ambrose, David McCullough, James McPherson, Richard White, Gordon Wood, discuss various aspects of American history.

Identifier

785419

471327158

Creator

Mudd, Roger

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Language

eng

Date

1999

Program air date: June 6, 1999

Publisher

Wiley

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Text

Transcription of Annotations
Notes on front endpapers and half-title: McPher--WWI--worst war. Ambrose best man of the century. McCull.--FDR, Truman--great story. Do you trust historians? Where were you a coach who taught history? p 168. Stephen Ambrose--a pacifist? Harry Truman and Ike's older brother Arthur were roommates in K.C. at turn of the century. Wood--T.J. most important of founders. Madison/Adams/Frenklin. Slavery in the colonies--unfreedom p 26. Revolutionary War--most important in history p 21 + Christ. IKE--comes closest to Geo. WASH our greatest president p 13. McPherson--Civil War--most important single event in American History p 55. History isn't history (a theme) p 89. Gettysburg Address--"single most important 272 words in history. Go to the Battlefields? Richard White--West of Missouri River. Alamo/Little Big Horn--why celebrate defeats Buffalo Bill. Mc FDR the great President of 20th century p 165. Ambrose IKE--this is the best man this country produced in this century last president of the century p 188. Revolutionary War--Gordon Wood p 21 most important war in history; David M. p 166; McPherson--p 55 most important event in history. Ambrose--a pacifist. Students--Mc p 168 the coach. White--Americans still don't want leaders who were born rich p 115. Indians--disease. Polk/T.R./FDR Marlboro Man. I miss my lung Bob-Portland. What do you think of myths? All history is distorted/storytelling--why don't historians do it? McCullough talk about books you've read that had impact. History and Pleasure. Panama Canal and the French failed/lost 20,000, we 5,000. Draft dodgers--Civil War Grover C./Rockefeller, Morgan, Carnegie. Samuel Eliot Morison--decline in Latin--decline in oratory. Great man theory. Lamb checks each section on the Contents page and underlines the historical period covered in the chapter. Notes/Underlinings: Details on the development of the book, historians interviewed in the book. Lamb underscores historical terms and their definitions, historical figures/documents and their importance, impact of TV, beliefs, religion, wealth, future of history, writing, current students, difficulties of war.

Subject

"Historians--United States--Interviews."

Relation

Original Booknotes interview

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