Mulligan lisa (2 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. Near fine unread condition beige boards, gray cloth spine and gold spine lettering contained in a near fine condition color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Editors' Dedication; Preliminary Page Note from the Editors regarding the letters contained in the book; Introduction; Sources and Permissions; Photo Credits; Acknowledgments and Index. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. A 1/16th inch repaired closed nick at upper jacket spine edge; similar two nicks at upper spine edge -- the jacket and volume is otherwise in as new unread condition (see photographs). All pages are in fine unmarked condition and the spine/binding is in exceedingly tight and square unread condition (see photographs). Tiny remainder dot at lower page edge. "Immediate and evocative, letters witness and fasten history, catching events as they happen," write Lisa Grunwald and Stephen J. Adler in their introduction to this remarkable book. In more than 400 letters from both famous figures and ordinary citizens, Letters of the Century encapsulates the people and places, events and trends that shaped our nation during the last hundred years. Here is Mark Twain's hilarious letter of complaint to the head of Western Union, an ecstatic letter from a young Charlie Chaplin upon receiving his first movie contract, Einstein's letter to Franklin Roosevelt warning about atomic warfare, Mark Rudd's "generation gap" letter to the president of Columbia University during the student riots of the '60s, and a letter from young Bill Gates imploring hobbyists not to share software so that innovators can make some money. In these pages our century's most celebrated figures become everyday people, and everyday people become part of history. Here is a veteran's wrenching letter left at the Vietnam Wall, a poignant correspondence between two women trying to become mothers, a heartbreaking letter from an AIDS sufferer telling his parents how he wants to be buried, and an indignant e-mail from a PC user to his on-line server. "Letters", write Grunwald and Adler, "give history a voice." Arranged chronologically by decade, illustrated with over a hundred photographs, Letters of the Century creates an extraordinary chronicle of our history through the voices of the men and women who have lived its greatest moments." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Mulligan, Brian (book design); Virga, Vincent (photo editor); Ettlinger, Marion (editors' photograph); de Cumptich, Roberto (jacket design) (ilustrador).…

Condición: very_good. Book is in very good condition. Clean with little to no signs of wear or markings highlights. Zimbleman, Corwyn (ilustrador).