1,000 Days in America

A 250th anniversary celebration of the U.S. featuring 1,000 singular moments that shaped the American journey from pre-history to present

Filled with more than 300 illustrations, sidebars, and timelines, plus penetrating commentary by prominent historians including Walter Isaacson and Michael Beschloss

This lavish narrative, curated by National Geographic, collects 1,000 seminal moments in U.S. history alongside more than 300 stunning illustrations, timelines, and sidebars. Commentary by bestselling historians including David Rubenstein and Walter Isaacson underscores the profound connections between concurrent events in the nation's journey.

Readers will witness the crackling interactions between politics, culture, and innovation, including:

• The moment the Industrial Revolution arrives on colonial shores as the framers outline the Constitution
• The moment Clara Barton founds the Red Cross as Virgil Earp leads a gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
• The moment Cornelius Vanderbilt acquires the New York & Harlem Railroad; soon after, the Battle of Gettysburg begins
• The moment the Watts Riots erupt in L.A. as the Beatles prepare to perform at Shea Stadium

1,000 Days in America features in the following genres: History of the Americas, Ethnic studies, General and world history

1,000 Days in America is available in Hardback

1,000 Days in America was written by National Geographic Society US and published by National Geographic an imprint of Disney Publishing Group

1,000 Days in America has 512 pages

£40.50