Arnold J. Toynbee, the most famous professional historian of the
twentieth century, is widely quoted as having declared that
"History is just one damn thing after another." This book argues
that history is not about "things" at all but is all about turning
points-the decisions, acts, innovations, errors, ideas, successes,
and failures on which the shape of a nation's life-our
lives-depends. It presents the 100 points at which America's path
decisively turned on its way to where we find ourselves today.
Columbus arrives in the New World The first slaves arrive in
America Independence is declared The Indian Removal Act is passed
Female suffragists meet in Seneca Falls Harpers Ferry is raided
Fort Sumter falls A transcontinental railroad is completed Edison
lights his first electric lamp Prohibition makes America a nation
of lawbreakers FDR offers a "New Deal" The B-29 Enola Gay drops an
atomic bomb on Hiroshima The Supreme Court decides Brown v. Board
of Education Neil Armstrong sets foot on the moon President Nixon
creates the EPA 9/11 ... Obama ... Sandy Hook ... Russian election
"meddling" ... the Age of Trump ... These and many more are the
crucial "plot points" in our grand national story, and best-selling
historian Alan Axelrod presents them here.
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