Product Description: In 1927, a teenager challenged himself and two friends to an unusual test:  he dared each of them to start keeping a diary, and they’d see who could keep his the longest. In 1995—long after he’d won the contest (68 years and more than 22 million words later, to be exact—Edward Robb Ellis published this richly entertaining book, drawn from his Guinness World Record-recognized diary...read more

The author of A Nation in Torment and Echoes of Distant Thunder offers one of the best single-volume guides to New York ever published, eloquently capturing the history, pace, culture, and tone of the city. Reprint.

Product Description: When Edward Robb Ellis's Epic of New York City first appeared in 1966, it was immediately hailed by readers as lively and informative. The irresistibly readable narrative focuses on the significant events and individuals that have shaped New York: Giovanni da Verrazano, who sailed into New York Harbor in 1524 and declared Manhattan "a pleasant looking place"; the Revolutionary War, when New York saw the worst defeats suffered by Washington's army; the Civil War, when draft rioters nearly burned much of the city; Boss Tweed, whose corrupt political machine shackled city government; the historic blizzard of 1888, when a winter-time hurricane paralyzed the city; Fiorello LaGuardia's glorious reign as mayor; and John Lindsay's run for mayor in 1964, when an independent-minded Republican challenged the Democratic machine...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: International in scope, this series of non-fiction trade paperbacks offers books that explore the lives, customs and thoughts of peoples and cultures around the world. This work looks at life in the United States between 1914 and 1918.

Product Description: International in scope, this series of non-fiction trade paperbacks offers books that explore the lives, customs and thoughts of peoples and cultures around the world. This is the story of the American Depression between 1929 and 1939.

America's most prolific diarist offers a generous selection from his journals, including reflections on his exchanges with such luminaries as Louis Armstrong and Eleanor Roosevelt and countless ordinary people, and his celebrated stunts as a reporter.

Product Description: This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc...read more