New York Times bestselling historian/author Andrew Carroll is back with a sensational new book, HERE IS WHERE: Discovering America’s Great Forgotten History. Carroll traveled to all 50 states to seek out extraordinary—but unmarked—historic sites where heroic individuals lived, groundbreaking innovations occurred, and momentous events unfolded.
HERE IS WHERE covers the
full sweep of our nation’s past, from the first Native Americans, explorers,
and pilgrims who set foot on this land, to the pioneers, patriots, inventors,
and activists who transformed it. Carroll also has numerous little-known
stories about the Declaration of Independence, the War for Independence, and
the founding of America—all perfect for the July 4th holiday!
In HERE IS WHERE, Carroll
Embarked on countless adventures by car, plane, train, bus, bike, kayak, helicopter,
and on foot, taking us to the site where:
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The
deadliest maritime disaster in American history took place, a calamity worse
than the sinking of the Titanic (Mound City, AR)
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The
birthplace of a virtually unknown American scientist whose vaccines have saved
hundreds of millions of lives (Miles City, MT)
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The
house of a famous Prohibition agent who had changed his name to Richard Hart
but was actually the brother of a notorious gangster (Homer, NE)
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The
farm where a 14-year-old boy had a brainstorm that led to the creation of
television (Rigby, ID)
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The
bookstore where one of the oldest copies of the Declaration of Independence was
(accidentally) discovered (Philadelphia, PA)
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The
bridge where the final copy of the Declaration of Independence was quickly
hidden when the British invaded Washington in 1814 (Washington, DC)
Carroll is also still seeking out and
preserving American war letters as a way of honoring and remembering our
nation’s veterans and troops. His efforts have been featured on Oprah, NBC
Nightly News, Good Morning America, the Today Show, CBS Sunday Morning, FOX,
CNN, PBS, and ABC News, as a “Person of the Week.”
By uncovering both previously
unpublished letters and unmarked historic sites, Carroll has unveiled
historical tidbits from all around the country and can discuss his findings on
a localized level
Carroll is the
bestselling editor of War Letters, Letters of a Nation, and Behind
the Lines. He also edited the anthology Operation Homecoming, which
inspired the Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning film of the same name. Carroll
lives in Washington, D.C., and Orange, California, where he serves as the
director of the Center for American War Letters at Chapman University.
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Brian
Feinblum’s views, opinions, and ideas expressed in this blog are his alone and
not that of his employer, the nation’s largest book promoter. Carroll is a
client of Media Connect, the PR firm that I work for. You can follow him on Twitter @theprexpert and
email him at brianfeinblum@gmail.com. He feels more important when discussed in the
third-person. This is copyrighted by BookMarketingBuzzBlog © 2013
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