American History Album: The Story of the United States Told Through Stamps
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A well-illustrated survey of American history that looks at the events the US Postal Service chose to celebrate. The authors trace more than 50 themes, all illustrated by stamps and photographs, and tell the stories behind them.Publishers WeeklyThis look at America's aspirations, challenges and achievements as depicted on commemorative postage stamps is delivered in elegant layouts. Since 1847, more than 4,000 stamps have celebrated 500 years of American history, and the selection here is displayed in 300 color reproductions. Almost every stamp is substantially enlarged to show details and they are thematically organized, e.g., "Discovery and Exploration" (the New World and the 13 colonies), "Manifest Destiny" (how pioneers pushed westward) and "These United States" (a stamp for every state). Historical highlights span centuries, from Columbus's voyage to the moon landing, with stamps honoring everything from steamships to Elvis. Interspersed throughout is a feature, "The Story Behind the Stamp," looking at particular stamps in depth. Curiously, only a few illustrators of what the U.S. Postal Service's stamp development manager McCaffrey calls "miniature masterpieces" are identified. However, the first-class packaging and presentation could prompt tourists at Washington's Union Station to step across the street and visit the Smithsonian National Postal Museum, the main source for the stamp images in this beautiful book. (Sept.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
ContentsThe World's Most Popular Hobby Introduction Note to the Readers Heritage and Values Long May it Wave Monument to the Nation Office of the President Words to Live By The Story Behind the Stamp With Liberty and Justice for All Protecting the Wilderness Wildlife Conservation The Story Behind the Stamp Discovery and ExplorationFor Gospel and for Gold Founding of Jamestown A City Upon a Hill Into the Wilderness Civil WarsThe American Revolution The War Between the States The Story Behind the Stamp Manifest Destiny Northwest of the River Ohio From Sea to Shining Sea Remember the Alamo The Story Behind the Stamp Trans-Mississippi Exposition Pan-American Exposition Expansion Overseas Transportation and Communication River Roads From Sail to Steam From Shore to Shore Ribbons of Steel The Story Behind the Stamp Overland Mail Advances in Communication The Open Road The Miracle of Flight The Story Behind the Stamp The Greatest Generation The Great Depression The Story Behind the Stamp No Greater SacrificeThe Story Behind the Stamp The Cold War Children Are the Future Labor is Life Health and Medicine The Story Behind the Stamp The Story Behind the Stamp These United States 50 States The Art of the Stamp Credits Acknowledgments Further Reading Stamp Index by Page Number Stamp Index by Name General Index
