Description In American Places, more than two dozen of America\'s most gifted historians write about their encounters with historic places, bringing a personal viewpoint to bear on a wide variety of sites, ranging from Monticello to Fenway Park.
Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1940, winner of the Bancroft and Francis Parkman Prizes..
His books include The FDR Years and Franklin D.
He has served as president of both the Organization of American Historians and the American Historical Association.
Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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Leuchtenburg is William R.
About the Author William E.
American Places celebrates the career of Sheldon Meyer, who over his years at Oxford University Press has published some of America\'s most distinguished historians, including many Pulitzer Prize and Bancroft Prize winners, virtually all of whom have contributed to this volume.
Other pieces include Robert Dallek on the FDR Memorial, David Hackett Fischer on the Boston Common, and William Leuchtenburg on his native borough of Queens.
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And Edward Ayers talks about spending time in Cyberspace, U.
William Freehling compares two places, Charleston\'s Battery and New Orleans\' Jackson Square, showing how each reveals the different spirit of the society that created it. and Canada.
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Joel Williamson takes a bemused tour of Elvis Presley\'s Graceland, and David Kennedy tells the story of the "Pig War" on San Juan Island, where a spat between Britain and America over a speck of land in the Pacific Northwest helped determine the shape of the U.
Kevin Starr visits the Musso & Frank Grill in Hollywood and finds many of the flavors of California history there.
Mc Pherson writes about the battlefield of Gettysburg, and how walking the ground of Pickett\'s Charge inspired one of his books.
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Description In American Places, more than two dozen of America\'s most gifted historians write about their encounters with historic places, bringing a personal viewpoint to bear on a wide variety of sites, ranging from Monticello to Fenway Park
