Forget what you were taught in seventh grade-this riveting book takes readers down American history's back alleys and side streets.
From the arrival of theMayflowerthrough the 2016 election, ON THIS DATE explores five hundred years of American history, revealing a compelling tale for each day in the calendar year.
Drawing from Carl M. Cannon's popular RealClearPolitics' Morning Note, ON THIS DATE is focused on fascinating -- and sometimes unknown -- stories behind specific dates in U.S. history: What inspired Abraham Lincoln to grow his famous beard, what Dwight Eisenhower really thought about playing football against the great Jim Thorpe, the legal grounds for the first American divorce, who wrote Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer -- and who profited from it.
Colorful yet authoritative, ON THIS DATE debunks some popular myths and celebrates America's forgotten heroes.
Carl M. Cannonis the Washington Bureau Chief of RealClearPolitics and a past recipient of the Gerald R. Ford Journalism Prize for Distinguished Reporting and the Aldo Beckman Award, the two most prestigious awards for White House coverage. Previous positions include Executive Editor of
Politics Daily, Washington Bureau Chief for
Reader's Digest, White House correspondent for both the
Baltimore Sunand
National Journal, a fellow-in-residence at Harvard University's Institute of Politics, and a past president of the White House Correspondents' Association. He is the author of
The Pursulă!
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