Our Documents: 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives
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  • A must for history teachers and students
  • Our Documents
  • An Adequate Primer
  • A fabulous collection of our historical documents
Our Documents: 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives
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Book Description

Our Documents is a collection of 100 documents that the staff of the National Archives has judged most important to the development of the United States. The entry for each document includes a short introduction, a facsimile, and a transcript of the document. Backmatter includes further reading, credits, and index. The book is part of the much larger Our Documents initiative sponsored by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), National History Day, the Corporation for National and Community Service, and the USA Freedom Corps.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A must for history teachers and students.......2007-02-24

An amazing collection. Each document is described in detail and related to significant events in US history. Every student of history and those who teach history should have this in their library.

4 out of 5 stars Our Documents.......2006-08-15

I found the book fascinating. I love history and I've used the National Archives a number of times. I glory in being able to touch documents that my ancestors wrote or gave information for. It was really thrilling to look at what some of the fore fathers did.
I think it is fun looking at their hand-writing.

This book has a wide variety of samples and would appeal to a number of different readers.

4 out of 5 stars An Adequate Primer.......2006-07-28

Every American needs a compiled volume of our most treasured documents for their home library. OUR DOCUMENTS: 100 MILESTONE DOCUMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL ARCHIVE is not a bad choice. This is a good primer edition and does give a brief introduction to each document, though the introductions often fall short of placing the document in its' proper historic perspective.

The book is quite colorful and will likely catch the eye of young readers and researchers. Each document is presented either in photographic image or facsimile. Some may find value in this presentation as opposed to a simple text presentation. All 100 of the documents are presented in chronological order, beginning with Richard Henry Lee's 1776 resolution and ending in 1965 with the Voting Rights Act.

My main complaint with this volume is the restriction of documents to the time frame of after 1776. Omitting documents which pre-date the American movement for independence leaves gaping holes in any collection of "milestones" in American history. Perhaps a good companion guide for such documents as the Mayflower Compact, Bacon's Declaration and the Albany Plan of Union would be in order. For that I would recommend "We the People, Vol I", published about 3 or 4 years ago by Dr. James Gauss.

Monty Rainey
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5 out of 5 stars A fabulous collection of our historical documents.......2006-06-04

Wonderful short explanations of each document precedes the actual document.
Nuernberg war crime trials records of case II: United States of America v. Erhard Milch (Special list - National Archives and Records Service)
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    Nuernberg war crime trials records of case II: United States of America v. Erhard Milch (Special list - National Archives and Records Service)
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    Richard III: A Royal Enigma (English Monarchs-Treasures from the National Archives)
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      Richard III: A Royal Enigma (English Monarchs-Treasures from the National Archives)
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      Richard III: villain or hero? He was only on the throne for just over two years, yet Richard is probably the most controversial monarch in British history: to some a hunchbacked schemer, usurper and murderer of the 'princes in the Tower', to others a very capable and much maligned ruler. Now you can judge for yourself. Surviving documents from his reign, including letters in Richard's own hand and extracts from official papers, are reproduced here from the 500-year-old originals. Each key document is beautifully reproduced in a double-page spread which also includes an extended contextualising caption and a modern transcription where necessary. The original sources are woven together by a brief narrative history of the reign, fully illustrated in colour with portraits, photographs and other material from the archives. Featured documents include: * Letter from Richard to his mother, 1484 * Richard's official justification for taking the throne, 1484 proclamation against Henry Tudor, 1485 * Richard's letter to the Lord Chancellor requesting the Great Seal 1483 Contents: ·Preface ·Richard and the Wars of the Roses ·The Prince in the North ·Prince, Protector and King ·Reign and Rebellion ·Bosworth and RichardÂ’s Legacy under Henry VII ·The Real Richard III: Man or Myth?
      Bay Of Pigs Declassified: The Secret CIA Report on the Invasion of Cuba (National Security Archive Documents Reader)
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      • It is a very good book but it didn't tell the hole story.
      Bay Of Pigs Declassified: The Secret CIA Report on the Invasion of Cuba (National Security Archive Documents Reader)
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      ASIN: 1565844947

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      Now available for the first time, "one of the most secret documents of the Cold War" (New York Times): the government's own report of the Bay of Pigs fiasco. For decades, the CIA's top secret postmortem on the April 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion has been the holy grail of historians, students, and survivors of the failed invasion of Cuba. But the scathing internal report on the worst foreign policy debacle of the Kennedy administration, written by the CIA's then-Inspector General Lyman Kirkpatrick, has remained tightly guarded--until now. Dislodged from the government through the Freedom of Information Act, here is an uncompromising look at high officials' arrogance, ignorance, and incompetence, as displayed in their attitude toward Castro's revolution and toward the Cuban exiles the CIA had organized to invade the island. Including the complete report and a wealth of supplementary materials, Bay of Pigs Declassified provides a fascinating picture of the operation and of the secret world of the espionage establishment, with stories of plots, counterplots, and intra-agency power struggles worthy of a Le Carr novel. Peter Kornbluh directs the Cuba Documentation Project at the National Security Archive. The Archive serves scholars, journalists, Congress, public interest organizations, and citizens by obtaining and disseminating internal U.S. government documentation that is indispensable for informed public debate. Includes: the complete text of the CIA report; a critical introduction; the newly declassified response to the report from Richard Bissell, who masterminded the operation; the first joint interview with the managers of the invasion, Jacob Esterline and Colonel Jack Hawkins; a comprehensive chronology; and biographies of the key participants.

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      4 out of 5 stars A typical 'government' job.......2001-02-14

      A fascinating post-mortem on the Bay of Pigs operation and all the more so because it was done internally by the CIA Inspector General. Suppressed for three decades because of its remarkably blunt honesty this book will have you shaking your head. A perfect example of why the 'best and the brightest' are not always so. I found it enlightening and humorous at the same time. Not one of the best run CIA operations by any means.

      5 out of 5 stars Bay Of Pigs Declassified 2.......2000-02-10

      this is my second report on the book bay of pigs declassified as I don't think my first was quite fair I found fault in that he didn't say any thing about my unit of 45 people I think we were the only ones know one knew about. every one else had been given away. but that didn't help we were caught and killed any how all but myself that is. to get back to mister Peter Kornbluh's book it was a very fine piece of work and he must have done much work to get so much info and to get it right. thanks for the chance to tell what I think about this very good book.

      3 out of 5 stars It is a very good book but it didn't tell the hole story........2000-01-11

      the book Bay of Pigs Declassifieied is very good it don't have quit all the facts in that it don't say one word about the small unit of guerrillas that I was in charge of we worked behind the lines to clear and hold a landing spot for troops that never came. the hole unite was captured and all but my self was killed including my interpter a young Cuban girl code name Louise she died so bravely she saved many lives by not telling where some of them were. I have tried to find some of her family and friends. but being short on money and not realy knowing where to look makes it all most imposable. she also saved my life and I would like to see her name in some of the books about the BAY OF PIGS INVASION
      The Pinochet File: A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability (A National Security Archive Book)
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      • An Important Document
      • Great overview of Pinochet
      • Very Dark Time in U.S. History
      • "A handful were regrettably persecuted and tortured."
      • El Pueblo Unido...
      The Pinochet File: A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability (A National Security Archive Book)

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      ASIN: 1565845862

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      Published on the 30th anniversary of General Pinochet's military coup, declassified documents that reveal the startling facts behind US collusion with the notorious Chilean dictator.

      In the United States, as you know, we are sympathetic with what you are trying to do here....We want to help, not undermine you.—Henry Kissinger speaking confidentially to General Augusto Pinochet

      The 1998 arrest of General Augusto Pinochet in Britain brought renewed attention to the dark days of his dictatorship and raised questions about America's role in bringing the General and his henchmen to power.

      As a result of the efforts of Peter Kornbluh and the National Security Archive, thousands of the government records that spell out US government support of Pinochet have recently been declassified. The Pinochet File makes public many of the key and formerly secret records of the atrocity and complicity that are at the heart of the international campaign to hold this Chilean general legally accountable for murder, torture, and terrorism.

      Peter Kornbluh's investigative narrative puts the documents in their historical context—exposing the efforts of Henry Kissinger, the White House and the CIA to conceal this history—and fills in the gaps of one of the most infamous chapters in the history of American foreign policy.

      Among the formerly top-secret records in The Pinochet File are:
      • Top-secret transcripts of Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger and other cabinet members discussing how to "bring Allende down."
      • Minutes of top secret meetings, chaired by Kissinger, to determine covert operations in Chile.
      • CIA Chile Task Force organizational and strategy documents.
      • White House Situation Room cables welcoming General Pinochet to power.
      • Defense Intelligence Agency organizational diagrams of Chile's repressive secret police, DINA.
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      • Intelligence reporting to Henry Kissinger on Condor.
      • Comprehensive CIA, NSC and State Department reports on the September 1976 car bombing assassination of Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffitt.

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      5 out of 5 stars An Important Document.......2007-02-05

      "The Pinochet File" exposes in stunning detail the truth behind the infamous September 11, 1973 coup against the elected government of Salvador Allende in Chile and the United States' guilt in the event. Peter Kornbluh has produced a vast, important, priceless document about how the United States happily sponsored the destruction of democracy in a small South American country and helped install a dictatorship of death and terror. This is a horror story, no question, and it must indeed have been frightening to live in Chile during the reign of Augusto Pinochet if you were a free thinker. Kornbluh shows disclassified documents that detail how the CIA, under orders by President Richard Nixon (who else?), conducted covert operations in Chile to destroy the country's economy once Allende, a socialist, was elected president. Of course the White House could not accept a socialist government in the Americas, much less an ELECTED one. Henry Kissinger is reported here as stating that we should not allow countries to go Communist because of the irresponsibility of their own people, a chilling look into the thinking processes of men not only like Kissinger and Nixon, but like Bush and Cheney. In a sense that is the most important aspect of this book, the way it is still so relevant to our current situation in the world. The April 2002 coup in Venezuela against Hugo Chavez's government, which luckily failed, has all the fingerprints of U.S. involvement, much like the Chile case. Kornbluh meticulously documents both the rise and fall of Allende and the installment of the vicious military junta headed by Pinochet. Kornbluh goes on to report on the various detention centers and concentration camps spread through-out Chile during the regime's years in power, including Colonia Dignidad, an infamous German community said to house Nazi war criminals where Pinochet made alliances to use the spot as a horrific torture center. One of the most surprising chapters in the book, which will be a revelation to many readers unfamiliar with the Chilean story, is the one dealing with American citizens who were unfortunate enough to be in Chile during the coup and were either arrested, tortured or killed. The infamous Operation Condor is described here as well, a clandenstine terrorist network set-up by the military dictatorships of Chile and Argentina to kill any resistance in the hemisphere, all of this ignored by the CIA. "The Pinochet File" will shock many, anger others, it is a darker chapter of not just Latin American history but of our own as well. In a time when we are asking questions about terrorism and foreign policy, it is important to look into the not so distant past because it will tell us how we got here.

      5 out of 5 stars Great overview of Pinochet.......2007-01-02

      This book provides all of the relevant documents on Pinochet and is an excellent addition to a study of Chile. Pinochet was a brutal dictator who held his country hostage with the support of the United States. If you are looking for a book that covers this time period I would recommend A nation of Enemies. If you are looking fore the original research though this book cannot be beat.

      5 out of 5 stars Very Dark Time in U.S. History.......2006-04-01

      After September 11th 2001 the big question on the mind of American's was, `Why do they hate us?' Although the bloody military coup of Gen. Augusto Pinochet was over 30 years ago (ironically September 11th 1973) the lessons and ramifications still resound today. The main villain of the story is Nixon National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger but more so it's the belief that a purity of ideology trumps all other foreign relations concerns. Kissinger is quoted as saying "We [the United States] set the limits of diversity" and in Chile allowing a democratically elected Socialist to remain in power was unacceptable. The author writes, "This would be the first record of an American president [Nixon] ordering the overthrow of a democratically elected government".

      I am no fan of neo-conservativism but one aspect of the movement I can appreciate is the desire to merge foreign policy with morality. Whether this has actually occurred is a debate for another book. Kissinger took such an amoral approach to foreign policy with his `realpolitik' that it's no wonder so many people around the world despise the United States. The United States did everything it could, including imposing economic sanctions using the World Bank, financing propaganda and fostering discontent among the military in order to bring down popularly elected president Salvador Allende. The goal was to wreck the economy and create conditions for a right wing takeover. So desperate to destroy Allende were Kissinger and Nixon that the CIA formed a working relationship with Patria y Libertad, a self-proclaimed neo-fascist paramilitary group that engaged in acts of terrorism including bombings who modeled themselves after Hitler's Brownshirts. After the violent coup that cost the lives of thousands of Chileans the U.S. government supported the brutally repressive Pinochet regime by reopening the spigot of foreign money and even selling military hardware while Pinochet's supporters rounded up and executed leftists. Chile wasn't just supported by the U.S. it was favored to the point where it was receiving 80% of all Title I Food for Peace in Latin America and $30 million from AID in housing guarantees compared to $4 million for the rest of Central and South America. Chile became the fifth largest customer of U.S. military weaponry falling just behind Iran.

      There were at least as many people in government against what the United States was doing as for and the Republican leadership felt compelled to deliver endless and blatant lies to Congress in order to cover up their actions. This was a nasty, filthy piece of work that did incredible damage to the credibility of the United States and its place as a moral guidepost for emerging countries. So now Chile has come full circle with the election of Socialist Veronica Michelle Bachelet Jeria to the presidency. Venezuelian president Hugo Chavez has already learned that the United States still intends to set the limits of diversity with a U.S. backed coup attempt in 2002.

      This is such an important book and if more American's were aware of history we might be less inclined to automatically blame others and spend more time correcting our own moral failings. When American's remain ignorant they become confused by the anger and resentment of others particularly in South America and the Middle East because people in those regions remember American actions quite well. This is not a blame America book but it is a look at actions that no American should be proud of. Chile is but one example of an amoral U.S. foreign policy and the more American's become aware the more we can improve in the future.

      4 out of 5 stars "A handful were regrettably persecuted and tortured.".......2006-03-09

      In his review of "The Pinochet File" below, Mr. Ryan Setleiff blithely concedes that a "handful were regrettably persecuted and tortured." Viewing life through rose colored glasses allows one to summarily dismiss the history of mayhem and death that have been the result of shoring up corrupt client regimes worldwide through force of arms, and, tutelage in the methods of torture.

      While--state--interests (protecting overseas investments) can be seen as having served in the overthrow and murder of President Allende, perhaps a little diplomacy, and, a great deal more of urging our favorite dictatorial regimes to extend the franchise to the "least among (them)" would forestall the appeal of the very "leftist" movements Mr. Setleiff and others dismiss so readily.

      Rather than fostering the lining of corrupt official's pockets (on-deposit in Manhattan) by force of arms, and, through state-torture, American interests would be better served through broadening the franchise of prosperity by way of inclusion through economic development. (inclusion, incorporation, cooptation, etc.) Nothing other than economic development--a shared stake fostering an obligation to an ordered society--has ever worked.

      Any rigorous libertarian historian soundly condemns state torture. In "The Pinochet File" the proof is in the pudding.

      5 out of 5 stars El Pueblo Unido..........2005-05-19

      This book is heavy reading -- heavy in the sense that it helps to fill in a missing part of American and world history. It can be a bit overwhelming, like any good history book, but we are nevertheless indebted to Peter Kornbluh for his hard work in bringing this hidden history to light.

      History shows us today that the U.S. government was not so much worried about stemming the tide of communism in Chile as it was concerned that other nations, especially in Latin America, would be inspired enough by the "independent, rational socialist state" under Chilean President Salvador Allende to try something similar on their own. Witness this statement in Kornbluh's book from a secret Nov. 5, 1970 memo that Henry Kissinger prepared for then-president Richard Nixon (three years before the Pinochet coup): "In fact, as noted, an 'independent' rational socialist state linked to Cuba and the USSR can be even more dangerous for our long-term interests than a very radical regime."

      This book's historical value is undeniable. It would have been good if Kornbluh could have shared more copies of the secret documents and less of the story narrative. But this book, as it stands, is excellent. Highly recommended.
      Uprising in East Germany, 1953: The Cold War, the German Question, and the First Major Upheaval Behind the Iron Curtain (National Security Archive Cold War Readers,)
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        This volume is the second in the series Cold War Documentary Readers, a project of the US National Security Archive and the Cold War International History Project.

        The volume is the first documented account of this early Cold War crisis from both sides of the Iron Curtain. Based on the recent unprecedented access to the once-closed archives of several member states of the Warsaw Pact, this collection of primary-source documents presents one of the most notorious events of post-war European history in a highly readable format.

        Previously unreleased Kremlin records, once highly classified American documents, materials from the Soviet Foreign Ministry, and transcripts of internal East German Communist Party Politburo meetings in the days leading to the uprising in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) are among the highlights of this sensational documentary.

        In this volume, as in the previous one in the series, each part is preceded by a detailed introductory essay to provide the necessary historical and political context. The individual documents are introduced by short headnotes summarizing the contents and orienting the reader. A chronology, glossary and bibliography offer further background information.
        Lord Haw Haw: The English Voice of Nazi Germany
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • Lor d Haw Haw
        Lord Haw Haw: The English Voice of Nazi Germany
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        Lord Haw Haw: The English Voice of Nazi Germany tells the story of William Joyce from a new angle: through the eyes of the British intelligence agents who pursued him from his teenage dalliance with fascism in the 1920s to his execution in 1946. T

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        5 out of 5 stars Lor d Haw Haw.......2003-07-03

        In Lord Haw-Haw, Dr Peter Martland, an accomplished historian of the modern period, packs in a swift, erudite and highly engaging account of the most reviled of wartime turncoats. Piecing together the William Joyce story from Public Record office archives an absorbing melange is created of a man drawn to violence, spirited to treason, and gifted with a perverse talent behind the radio microphone.

        Fascinatingly, Martland spends a time describing the problems the British faced in bringing Joyce to the gallows for treason after the war. Did a born American-born man owe allegiance to the Crown in the first place? The tortured legal arguments on whether an alien could owe the King a loyal duty and the weight the security services placed on these worries is brought to the fore in Martland's writings. Without giving the game away, the shear effort a bankrupt British state made in gathering the necessary evidence in order to swat this ultimately pathetic figure strikes the reader.

        And of Joyce's early life, the roots of Joyce's fascism beam through. Intellectually formidable, attracted by Mosley's shameless rhetoric, Joyce saw in Nazism an apt refuge for his anti-Semitic beliefs, and the institutionalization of the pub violence that permeated his life. Shunted from New York, to Ireland, to England, this is the tale of a wanderer whose Road to Damascus became a short stroll to a Berlin radio studio.

        There are glimpses into the anxiety of the British government during the first couple of years of Joyce's broadcasts. To be sure, many saw him, with that odd, clipped, parvenu accent, as more of a comic than a Josef Goebbels, but nonetheless this was a radioman heard widely over the whole of England ; akin to today, any media coverage was good media coverage.

        As the Nazi state crumbled, the sad last months of Joyce's employment in Germany are recorded in detail by Martland. Ever the Hitler believer, a rambling, drunken fool, gabbing into the microphone was what the end of the Reich did to Joyce. I like this part of the narrative, Joyce and precocious wife running from radio studio to radio studio always the transmitting sheep for the fast decaying Germany.

        This new series from the National Archives, as the dusty Public Record Office has been rechristened, is formidable in that each title has half a book full of documents from the actual files kept. In Joyce's case the lame points of appeal in his trial for treason are printed ; so too is a spurious note by
        some soldiers in liberated Europe on how Joyce accidentally happened to be shot when fleeing after the war.

        Odious characters always excite. More so when they are dangerously formidable speakers, even if their crackpot ideas are laughable. More so when as intellectuals they leave democratic nations to find a hoped for comfort in the Berlin of 1939. I left this book with a fecund pity for William Joyce, Lord Haw-Haw. The Irish immigrant attempting to be a patrician ; the self-taught masterly student attracted by the Mosley din ; the sneering womanizer charming in person, plain nasty in the airwaves.

        Lord Haw-Haw is fantastic reading for those with an interest in betrayers, in espionage, and for those who want a distilled, non-pretentious, crystallized narrative of this complex figure. Refreshing in its clear style, accommodating to the plain curious, as I was, Martland in this project has done a fine job.
        The Gay Almanac
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • Such a wonderful source book
        • Such a wonderful source book
        The Gay Almanac
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        5 out of 5 stars Such a wonderful source book.......1999-12-12

        If you need to find out about gay organizations, gay friendly insurance companies, gays in the military, support groups, gay writers, lesbian characters in novels or ANYTHING gay related (almost): get that wonderful book!

        5 out of 5 stars Such a wonderful source book.......1999-12-12

        If you need to find out about gay organizations, gay friendly insurance companies, gays in the military, support groups, gay writers, lesbian characters in novels or ANYTHING gay related (almost): get that wonderful book!
        Dear Mr. President: Letters to the Oval Office from the Files of the National Archives
        Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
        • Interest Grows
        • Short but cute
        • A special look at American history and culture, through the eyes of the people
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        • The National Archives Opens Its Treasure Trove
        Dear Mr. President: Letters to the Oval Office from the Files of the National Archives

        Manufacturer: National Geographic
        ProductGroup: Book
        Binding: Paperback

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        ASIN: 142620020X
        Release Date: 2007-01-16

        Book Description

        "The letters provide a nostalgic timeline of American history told through the words and feelings of Americans, from regular folks to kings." —Star Gazette, Elmira, NY, Dec. '05

        "There are more than 80 letters, reflecting both our history and our very American sense that when we speak, our president should listen." —The Arizona Republic, Dec. '05

        Drawn from the extensive holdings of the National Archives—which includes all of the Presidential libraries—these carefully chosen letters remind us that ours is a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people," which entitles us to make our views known to our leaders. Most of the letters come from working citizens; others were written by notable figures: John Glenn, Elvis Presley, Walt Disney, Ho Chi Minh, Nikita Kruschev, Upton Sinclair, John Steinbeck, Robert Kennedy, and many more.

        Grouped thematically, the sections cover such topics as civil rights, the Cold War, physical fitness, joblessness, World War II, western expansion, and the space race. An introduction by NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams and essays by Dwight Young evoke the tenor of the times in which the letters were written. A wonderful gift book for any American, Dear Mr. President is both enlightening and fun to read.

        Customer Reviews:

        4 out of 5 stars Interest Grows.......2007-10-09

        I purchased this book as a birthday gift for a relative who began showing it to other family members. I received calls from several relatives inquiring why they didn't receive the book for their birthday. To make a long story short, I ended up purchasing 6 more copies to give as gifts.I finally had to tell the rest of my relatives they could purchase their own copy on-line at [...].

        4 out of 5 stars Short but cute.......2007-08-04

        This is a compilation of letters written to the White House on a variety of subjects from, for the most part, well-known people. The letters are short, not really substantive, but fun to read.

        4 out of 5 stars A special look at American history and culture, through the eyes of the people.......2006-12-17

        This book was pretty good. It did at times seemed a bit vague and I felt there could have been more to it. It was very interesting and a great way to see how people put their emotions on paper to our presidents throughout history. It really shows how people were feeling in times of great struggle and great triumph and how by writing a letter to the president, they were taking part in their nation and trying to make an impact. It was an amazing way to look at some of the National Archives treasures.

        5 out of 5 stars Wow!.......2006-07-21

        Very interesting book. Makes a great gift idea for those on your list that are hard to buy for. The letter from Fidel Castro when he was a young boy was facinating. A nice coffee table book but this one you will want to read.

        5 out of 5 stars The National Archives Opens Its Treasure Trove.......2006-06-25

        Dear Prospective Book Buyer,

        Anyone who's ever visited the National Archives temple in D.C. has probably wondered what unknown treasures are hidden away in its recesses. In that respect, this book -- a collection of letters written to a variety of presidents (and their wives) -- is a genuine gem.

        Reading through these, I was struck at the excellent job the book's editors had done in getting a wide variety of material from throughout our nation's history. In emotional tone they range from children asking for help with cleaning their rooms ("My mom says it's a federal disaster zone") to bereaved mothers sharing poignant remembrances about their sons lost to war. Kudos also to Dwight Young for his informative and often witty commentary that accompanies and illuminates the manuscripts.

        Particularly interesting is the variety of stationery used throughout the years, all faithfully reproduced here in their original form, with accompanying translations when necessary. Letters are written in crayon, or beautiful calligraphy, or are carved into wood blocks, and one is even painted. One of my favorites was a witty letter from Churchill to FDR typed on the British prime minister's spare and elegant letterhead.

        Best regards,
        Bart King
        Portland, Oregon
        Packard Motor Cars 1946-1958 Photo Archive: Photographs from the Detroit Public Library's National Automotive History C (Photo Archive)
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          Packard Motor Cars 1946-1958 Photo Archive: Photographs from the Detroit Public Library's National Automotive History C (Photo Archive)
          National Automotive History Collection
          Manufacturer: Iconografix, Inc.
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          ASIN: 188225645X

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