America, 1908 : The Dawn of Flight, the Race to the Pole, the Invention of the Model T, and the Making of a Modern Nation (Paperback)

from magicians_nephew

This book came out in 2008 as a "One Century Later!" kind of book. But it's still good in 2014 The author is a teriffic story teller and he has some great stories to tell. We celebrate 1903 as the year of the Wright Brothers first flight but forget that the 1903 Flyer could only fly straight line...

from spounds

My kind of book. The kind I like to read and the kind I wish I could write. Rasenberger does a good job of weaving together the interesting story lines of 100 years ago. You can see the beginning of the modern as he tells his tales. Nicely done!

from NewsieQ

I was especially interested in this book because my paternal grandparents arrived on Ellis Island in November of 1908. My grandmother remembered the shipboard announcement about William Howard Taft's being elected president. I thought the author did a great job of covering the year's history by f...

from Big_Bang_Gorilla

Being a panoramic look at one of America's more interesting ragtime years, 1908. The author does a good job of keeping a lot of balls in the air; major themes include the voyage of the Great White Fleet, Theodore Roosevelt, basebal's Merkle game, the Wright Brothers, polar exploration, and the Ne...

from vernefan

Tonight I finished a very interesting American History book; America 1908. Unlike most history books that can be overly dry and factual, author Jim Rasenberger has a talent for making history come alive! His writing is light and easy with the ability to make the historic ground-breaking events of...