Times of Trial - Tapa dura

Additional Contributors Include George Dangerfield, Bray Hamilton, Bruce Catton And Many Others. Tells The Story Of Twelve Great Crises In American Statecraft And How Our Leaders Met, Or Failed To Meet, Their Challenge.

Allan Nevins (1890-1971) began his career as a journalist in New York City before joining the department of history at Columbia University, later becoming Dewitt Clinton Professor of History. While at Columbia, he created the first oral history program in the United States. He is the author of more than fifty books mainly in the areas of political and business history, including Grover Cleveland: A Study in Courage, The Emergence of Modern America, and The American States During and After the Revolution, 1775-1789.