Dimensions
210 x 275 x 5mm
In need of a presidential portrait? They're in here?starting with George Washington. John Adams is present, too, along with wife, Abigail. How about some social activists and drum-beaters? There's temperance agitator Carry Nation and Socialist Emma Goldman. Of course, a few villains are included ? John Wilkes Booth is high on the list. Hundreds of pictures portray important Americans who greatly influenced this nation's way of life prior to 1900. Captions provide concise biographical information on writers, artists, politicians, religious leaders, scholars, entertainers, business people, and other public figures. Among those included are Clara Barton, James Fenimore Cooper, Mathew Brady, Phillis Wheatley, Sitting Bull, Herman Melville, Eli Whitney, Robert E. Lee, Osceola Brigham Young, Jacob Riis, Thomas Eakins, and many others.This book includes a CD-ROM containing more than 450 royalty-free images scanned at 600 dpi and saved in six different formats (TIFF, PICT, EPS, BMP, as well as Internet-ready JPEG and GIF)System requirements: Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 XP OR Macintosh, all versions; CD-ROM drive.
