New York: Doubleday, (2006) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Editor Byron Hollinshead invited twenty historians to write a personal essay answering the question "What is the scene or incident in American history that you would like to have witnessed - and why?" Among the incidents selected were the Salem witch trials, the Lewis and Clark expedition, the raid on Harper's Ferry, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the Scopes trial, the march to Selma, and more. Contributors include Mary Beth Norton, Joseph Ellis, Jay Winik, Carol Berkin, Thomas Fleming, Robert Cowley, Carolyn Gilman, Geoffrey Ward, Robert Dallek, and more. Warmly INSCRIBED on the half title page by one of the contributors - Paul C. Nagel - who wrote about the Amistad trial. Illustrated with photographs. 333 pp. ISBN: 0-385516193.