Giants in Their Time: Representative Americans from the Jazz Age to the Cold War

By Norman K. Risjord

In Giants in their Time, the latest volume in the Representative Americans Series, noted historian Norman Risjord uses biographical sketches to create a composite portrait of the United States during this dynamic and trying period. From sketches ofAimee Semple McPherson to Duke Ellington, Robert Oppenheimer to the Nisei Japanese, Risjord makes the past more vivid and concrete, revealing a heritage that present-day readers can feel and experience.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742527859
• ISBN13: 9780742527850
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 259 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"