04356cam a2200757 4500 468439387 TxAuBib 20201029120000.0 ||||||s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780307463999 0307463990 B003EI2E8G Amazon 5efef355-9389-412a-bada-885af89b0701 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 24465 24465 24465 484939 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Carroll, Andrew, 1969- Here Is Where [Libby eBook] : Discovering America's Great Forgotten History. Crown, 2013. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2690kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. travel books united states. history buff gifts for men. gifts for history lovers. American history books. gift for history buff. history teacher gifts. gift ideas for women. fun gifts for women. history of america. history buff gifts. travel gift ideas. american history. fun travel gifts. mens gifts ideas. traveling gifts. men gifts ideas. travel book usa. cross country. history gifts. travel book. us history. Historical. Education. road trip. discovery. americana. 50 states. us travel. Learning. America. journey. Trivia. USA. HTML:<p><i>Here Is Where</i> chronicles Andrew Carroll's eye-opening – and at times hilarious — journey across America to find and explore unmarked historic sites where extraordinary moments occurred and remarkable individuals once lived. Sparking the idea for this book was Carroll's visit to the spot where Abraham Lincoln's son was saved by the brother of Lincoln's assassin. Carroll wondered, <i>How many other</i> <i>unmarked places are there where intriguing events have unfolded and that we walk past every day, not realizing their significance?</i> To answer that question, Carroll ultimately trekked to every region of the country — by car, train, plane, helicopter, bus, bike, and kayak and on foot. Among the things he learned:<br /> <br /> *Where in North America the oldest sample of human DNA was discovered<br /> <br /> * Where America's deadliest maritime disaster took place, a calamity worse than the fate of the <i>Titanic</i><br /> <br /> *Which virtually unknown American scientist saved hundreds of millions of lives<br /> <br /> *Which famous Prohibition agent was the brother of a notorious gangster<br /> <br /> *How a 14-year-old farm boy's brainstorm led to the creation of television<br /> <br /> Featured prominently in <i>Here Is Where</i> are an abundance of firsts (from the first use of modern anesthesia to the first cremation to the first murder conviction based on forensic evidence); outrages (from riots to massacres to forced sterilizations); and breakthroughs (from the invention, inside a prison, of a revolutionary weapon; to the recovery, deep in the Alaskan tundra, of a super-virus; to the building of the rocket that made possible space travel). <i>Here Is Where</i> is thoroughly entertaining, but it's also a profound reminder that the places we pass by often harbor amazing secrets and that there are countless other astonishing stories still out there, waiting to be found.</p>. Nonfiction. History. Travel. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2020-12-28 22:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/here-is-where-5efef3?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/here-is-where-5efef3?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/here-is-where-5efef3?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)