20Th Century category: 9982 books
The Sound of Freedom
Marian Anderson, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Concert That Awakened America
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Few moments in Civil Rights history are as important as the morning of Sunday April 9, 1939 when Marian Anderson sang before a throng of thousands lined up along the Mall by the Lincoln Memorial. She had been banned from the Daughters of the American Revolution's Constitution Hall because she was...
Howard Fast
Life and Literature in the Left Lane
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012
Howard Fast's life, from a rough-and-tumble Jewish New York street kid to the rich and famous author of close to 100 books, rivals the Horatio Alger myth. Author of bestsellers such as Citizen Tom Paine, Freedom Road, My Glorious Brothers, and Spartacus, Fast joined the American Communist Party in...
by A. Scott Berg
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1999
Even after twenty years, A. Scott Berg’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Charles Lindberg remains “the definitive account” of one of the 20th century’s most extraordinary figures.
Few American icons provoke more enduring fascination than Charles Lindbergh—renowned for his one-man...
1973 Nervous Breakdown
Watergate, Warhol, and the Birth of Post-Sixties America
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
1973 marked the end of the 1960s and the birth of a new cultural sensibility. A year of shattering political crisis, 1973 was defined by defeat in Vietnam, Roe v. Wade, the oil crisis and the Watergate hearings. It was also a year of remarkable creative ferment. From landmark movies such as The Exorcist,...
AMERICA'S GREATEST BLUNDER
The Fateful Decision to Enter World War One
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
Entering World War One against Germany was Americas greatest blunder of the 20th century. America had no reason to join the devastating and stalemated three-years-old struggle. America was never threatened; its security was never at risk. By sending two million doughboys to the Western Front, America...
by Mr Warren Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
During the final years of the 20th century, the most significant break-through in military weaponry was the concept of Stealth technology, and the first mass-produced weapon to utilize this to perfection was the F-117 Nighthawk. Originally delivered in 1982, its existence was officially denied until...
Skyjack
The Hunt for D. B. Cooper
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2011
The true story of the unsolved 1971 Northwest Orient airplane hijacking, Skyjack reopens one of the greatest cold cases of the 20th century.
“I have a bomb here and I would like you to sit by me.”
That was the note handed to a stewardess by a mild-mannered passenger on a Northwest...
The Allies
Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, and the Unlikely Alliance That Won World War II
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
Best-selling author Winston Groom tells the complex story of how Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin--the three iconic and vastly different Allied leaders--aligned to win World War II and created a new world order.
By the end of World War II, 59 nations were arrayed against...
Lone Star Rising:Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1908-1960
Vol. 1: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1908-1960
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 1991
Like other great figures of 20th-century American politics, Lyndon Johnson defies easy understanding. An unrivaled master of vote swapping, back room deals, and election-day skulduggery, he was nevertheless an outspoken New Dealer with a genuine commitment to the poor and the underprivileged. And...
by Charles River Editors
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2012
*Includes nearly 20 pictures of Reagan and the important people and events in his life. *Includes a Table of Contents. A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of historys most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors American Legends series,...
by Rupert Colley
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. ‘Il Duce’, Benito Mussolini, was one of the key figures in the creation of fascism. Famed for his dictatorial style, his political cunning and admired – initially – by Hitler, Mussolini led the National Fascist Party and ruled Italy as...
by Booker T. Washington
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2015
From 1890-1915, the most influential black man in America was Booker T. Washington, who less than 35 years earlier had been born into slavery. The young boy worked laboriously until emancipation before going on to seek an education. By the time he was 40, he was consolidating a network of supporters...
This Country of Ours
The Story of the United States
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
A classic, comprehensive survey of pre-20th Century American history, H.E. Marshall’s This Country of Ours: The Story of America is a treasure trove of information and essential reading for young historians. This new digital edition of This Country of Ours includes an image gallery.
Gulag Boss
A Soviet Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2010
The searing accounts of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Evgeniia Ginsberg and Varlam Shalamov opened the world's eyes to the terrors of the Soviet Gulag. But not until now has there been a memoir of life inside the camps written from the perspective of an actual employee of the Secret police. In this riveting...