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First printing. A wonderful example of 'horizontal history' - this tells the story of the first nine years of the 20th century and of the people who were involved in the significant events that changed our world forever - including the Wright brothers and their flying machine, Lenin and the Russian revolution, Einstein's famous equation, the discovery of radium by the Curies, Theodore Roosevelt's presidency, Peary and Matthew Henson reaching the North Pole, the meeting of Freud and Carl Jung and more. Intelligent , informative and comprehensible - illustrated with drawings by the Newbery award-winning author. Index. 96 pp. Hardcover review copy with a light stamp on rear endpaper. Very near fine in a like dustjacket. Rather uncommon and especially in this condition. .ISBN # 0-684151820 

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