Book Description
Adapted from the #1 national bestseller especially for
children 8-12!
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.