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Summary: The Nation's story comes alive
Review: This book is stunning! Hundreds of color photos and illustrations, 140,000 words of text, 380 maps, 80 graphs, a 4,000 item index and its big size (18.5 by 12.25 inches) makes this history in awesome detail.Ech spread has a theme with a short introduction and the rest of the space devoted to maps, photos and well-wriiten captions, some of the spreads also have a tim-line section across the bottom. I found it interesting that the authors wanted this to be accessible history, part of the spread on the auto industry has eleven photos showing the development of tail fins from 1948 to 1964. The spread on printing and advertising includes six pictures showing the changing face of Betty Crocker. Want to know more? Turn to the bibliography in the back and each spread is numbered and relevant books listed. A clever idea is the inclusion of a piece of acetate with the US printed in four sizes, lay this over the maps in the book in the same four sizes and it avoids having to print each State's name and boundary on every map and getting it confused with what the map is explaining. By-the-way, if you are buying this book used make sure the acetate is included. I used to design publications and I can appreciate the incredible amount of thought and creativity that went into this amazing book. The National Geographic donated 35,000 copies to schools across America and I cannot think of a better way to follow the Nation's story than this book.
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Summary: Wowzers!
Review: This fantastically illustrated historical atlas really impressed me. It is perfect for those who enjoy a more pictoral/graphical/map-oriented view of history. I highly recommend it!
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