The Century for Young People

• Main Authors: Jennings, Peter (Author), Brewster, Todd (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Random House, Inc. 1999
• Subjects: History, modern > Juvenile literature > 20th century; History, modern > Pixtorial works > 20th century; History, modern > 20th century
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• Item Description: Includes index
• Physical Description: 245 pages illustrations, colour 27 cm
• ISBN: 0385327080 (hardback ; alkaline paper); 9780385327084 (hardback ; alkaline paper)

The twentieth century has been a time of tremendous change, the most eventful hundred years in human history. Join Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster for a fascinating journey back in time to experience the century's greatest moments. Through the vivid first-person accounts of eyewitnesses, the most thrilling--and the most terrifying--events of the past hundred years come to life. Here are the voices of ordinary people--children and adults--expressing their joys and sorrows, their hopes and fears, as they watched history being made. This is history as it was lived, and as it will be remembered for the next hundred years. This lavish book, in association with the television series presented by ABC News and The History Channel, includes more than 200 exquisitely reproduced photographs with an astonishing power to illuminate history. They will delight and appall you, educate and entertain you, as you watch the century unfold before your eyes. This spectacular book is a keepsake for every family's library. It is a riveting read and an essential research volume. It is the story of our time for all time.