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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jim Rasenberger |
| ISBN: | 9780743280778 0743280776 |
| OCLC Number: | 156784781 |
| Description: | vii, 307 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The boy and the machine -- Thin ice -- Mysteries of the unknown parts -- Middle Earth and night riders -- Ultima Thule -- The man bird -- Heat -- The color line -- A month of late-summer days -- The certainty of the future -- The path of deliverance and safety -- The modern definition of life. |
| Other Titles: | America, nineteen hundred eight, America, nineteen-o-eight |
| Responsibility: | Jim Rasenberger. |
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Abstract:
Introduces the year 1908 as a pivotal turning point in American history marked by such events as the first flight and Peary's quest to the North Pole, in an account that explains how each spectacle contributed to the nation's growing dominance as a worldpower.
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