From the Book - Regular Print - First Anchor Books edition.
A day in Cahokia, AD 1030 / Biloine W. Young --
Salem witchcraft trials / Mary Beth Norton --
George Washington and the Newburgh conspiracy / Carol Berkin --
McGillivray moment / Joseph J. Ellis --
Meriwether Lewis on the Divide / Carolyn Gilman --
Corrupt bargain / Robert V. Remini --
Amistad trial / Paul C. Nagel --
James K. Polk and the 1844 election / Robert W. Johannsen --
Jenny Lind's American debut, 1850 / Philip B. Kunhardt III --
With John Brown at Harpers Ferry / Thomas Fleming --
Day Lincoln was shot / Jay Winik --
Chief Joseph surrenders / Mark Stevens --
La Follette speaks against the war, 1917 / Bernard Weisberger --
Road to Butgneville, November 11, 1918 / Robert Cowley --
Trying John Scopes / Jonathan Rabb --
Lost-found nation : the last meeting between Elijah Muhammad and W.D. Fard / Kevin Baker --
Sick man in the White House / Geoffrey C. Ward --
JFK and RFK meet about Vietnam / Robert Dallek --
Memory, history, and the March on Washington / Clayborne Carson --
Lyndon Johnson confronts George Wallace / William E. Leuchtenburg.