1001 people who made America.9781426200526 1001 people who made America. Axelrod, Alan. Natl. Geographic Society 2007 351 pages $19.95 Hardcover CT214 From the famous to the infamous in·fa·mous adj. 1. Having an exceedingly bad reputation; notorious. 2. Causing or deserving infamy; heinous: an infamous deed. 3. Law a. , from the virtuous to the notorious, from Thomas Jefferson to Madonna, historian Axelrod profiles key figures in American politics, arts, science, business, religion, and popular culture in this 5.5x7" reference. The brief profiles are arranged alphabetically al·pha·bet·i·cal also al·pha·bet·ic adj. 1. Arranged in the customary order of the letters of a language. 2. Of, relating to, or expressed by an alphabet. , about three to a page, and describe each person's major contributions. The book's scope begins centuries before there was a United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and continues through the 21st century. Without a timeline, chronology chronology, n the arrangement of events in a time sequence, usually from the beginning to the end of an event. , or categories, the book will probably be more comfortable on general reader's coffee tables than in students' backpacks. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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