Chamberlin Free Public Library Catalog

Letters of the century :

Letters of the century : America, 1900-1999 / America, 1900-1999 - Dial Press trade pbk. ed. - New York : Dial Press Trade Paperbacks, 2008. - 741 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Original published: 1999.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [677]-709) and index.

Letters chronicle a century of life in the United States, from Mark Twain's humorous letter to the head of Western Union to Einstein's warning to Roosevelt about atomic warfare and a young Bill Gates begging hobbyists not to share software.

0385315937 (pbk.) 9780385315937 (pbk.)


American letters.


United States--Biography.
United States--Civilization--20th century--Sources.

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