Touching America's History

Touching America's History
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Publisher : Indiana University Press
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9780253008336
ISBN-13 : 0253008336
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Book Synopsis Touching America's History by : Meredith Mason Brown

Download or read book Touching America's History written by Meredith Mason Brown and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-22 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brown uses 20 objects to summon up major developments in America's history. The objects range in date from a Pequot stone axe head probably made before the Pequot War in 1637, to the western novel Dwight Eisenhower was reading while waiting for the Normandy Invasion to begin.


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