Book Description
Our amazing, tumultuous century of change rendered in brilliantyou-are-there style. Witness wars and peace, the race in space, andthe rise of the skyscraper! ... Read more

Customer Reviews (10)

Great history review
I bought this for my wife, who has found it to be one of the most informative sources of history in a nutshell. Pick the year, the month, the day and the important facts are there. We both love it.

Tom

Great to thumb through for quick facts
What an awesome way to learn about the history of America!I love this book!

best bathroom reading I've found
this book is awesome. It gives you a picture into history by using photographs, timelines and newspaper articles.

Its like reading the newspaper throughout the century...
History made easy and fun, thats what this book is all about. I hated history when I was in school because the textbooks were boring. Now this book is something completely different. For every month of each year sincethe beginning of the century it has the highlights of the important eventsthat happened that time. It is like reading an article in the newspaper,giving you the feeling of the era and also providing great pictures. Thischronicle is all about pictures. Its structure has a feeling of a magazineor a newspaper.

The whole idea is that you get all the important eventsof the 20th century in an enjoyable fashion. It covers all aspects of thehistory like scientific breakthroughs, artistic movements, wars, politics,from all around the world but with a particular emphasis in the US history( I have also read the Greek version which gives more emphasis in Greekhistory).

The book is huge and it is more like an encyclopedia ratherthan a history book. I like to read it before I go to bed and I doubt thatany reader will be able to go from cover to cover singlehandedly. It willreally strenghten your skills in world history and because of the informalway of covering the events (more like a reporters point of view rather thana professor of history) you will be able to remember a lot after you haveread the book. I enjoyed particularly the coverage of the WWII, it isbreathtaking, its like reliving the whole thing. I can only imagine thepoor people reading in the newspapers of the era the advancement of Hitlerstroop across Europe and then the break of war and the losses and the greatbattles and..... I can go forever.

This book is also a great option for agift. Believe me the people that you are going to give this book willreally appreciate it and will rember you for a long time.

Facinating History
The use of actual newspaper articles in their original format showed the style of the day as well a presenting the news of the day. Photographs and even some contemporary ads are interesting. Reviewed by two teachers, oneeleementary and one high school. ... Read more