Genealogy Books Your Source - Genealogy Books, Magazines and Software

Back to Icons of the 20th Century: 200 Men and Women Who Have Made a Difference Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Beautifully reproduced and unusual photographs. Comment: The clear, concise and lively text that accompanies this information packed book is a pleasure to read. The beautifully reproduced photographs are unusual and surprising, not the stock pictures you would expect in a more common end-of-millenneum tome. The people here range from the well known like John F. Kennedy to the less well known but important Emmeline Pankhurst (look her up). A most enjoyable and informative book that you'll go back to again and again. Customer Rating: Summary: Beautifully reproduced and unusual photographs. Comment: The clear, concise and lively text that accompanies this information packed book is a pleasure to read. The beautifully reproduced photographs are unusual and surprising. Not the stock pictures you would expect in a more common end-of-millenneum tome. The people here range from the well known like John F. Kennedy to the less well known but important Emmeline Pankhurst (look her up). A most enjoyable and informative book that you'll go back to again and again. Customer Rating: Summary: Send in the proofreaders! Comment: All kidding aside, this is a fantastic volume for the end of the century. The one-page articles are informative and well-written, and the b&w photographs are quite striking--I never imagined I'd see a photo of Mikhail Gorbachev hand-feeding a squirrel! I was, however, taken aback to see "Queen Elizabeth I" listed as an icon of the 20th century. I'm sure Elizabeth Tudor (1533-1603) and The Queen Mother would get a kick out of that! (Actually, this is pretty funny, coming from a book published by "The Overlook Press".) Enough of my carping: I highly recommend this book to every home in the country, and imagine it being a treasured posession in fifty years or so--especially by the children now who are too young to have known of any of these fascinating people. Thanks, Santa Claus--great choice! Customer Rating: Summary: Fabulous photography and brilliant historical esssays. Comment: If history is indeed personality, this book is the most fascinating take on the history of the 20th Century, refracted through the faces and the lives of 200 of the world's cultural icons . Every facet of 20th century life is invoked: political, military, scientific, literary, cinematic, musical, spiritual and pure personality are all represented. The selection of the iconic personages is itself fascinating and puts the century into a new perspective: only 66 years, for example, separate the Wright brothers first faltering flight from the first steps on the moon! This is a terrific book that would make a fine present for anyone born in any year of the 20th century. Customer Rating: Summary: fine,never-before-seen photographs of most icons Comment: The book was representative of true icons in our century,though other African Americans such as Jimi Hendrix , Sidney Poitier, and Diana Ross were worthy of inclusion as opposed to Michael Jackson or Oprah Winfrey.The information accompanying each icon was valuable as well,because there were several I was not familiar with. Back to Icons of the 20th Century: 200 Men and Women Who Have Made a Difference Showing page 2 of 2 1 | 2 |

Genealogy Books Copyright 2005-2006 Genealogy Books. All rights reserved.