Here Is Where: Discovering America's Great Forgotten History

Here Is Where: Discovering America's Great Forgotten History
ISBN-10
0307463982
ISBN-13
9780307463982
Category
History
Pages
499
Language
English
Published
2014-05-06
Publisher
Three Rivers Press
Author
Andrew Carroll

Description

Explores unmarked historic sites across the country where extraordinary moments occurred and remarkable individuals once lived, including where modern anesthesia was first used and the location of America's deadliest maritime disaster.

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