摘要

Imagine traveling through the past 100 years to witness some of the most dramatic events of the twentieth century.... It's not your usual field trip. Josh and his class are at a history museum when an Albert Einstein mannequin comes to life and invites him on a trip back in time to see firsthand the "horribly terrific and the terrifically horrible" twentieth century. Einstein takes Josh through the decades to see Orville and Wilbur Wright's triumphant first flight, the tragedy of two world wars, a violent confrontation over civil rights, and the peaceful fall of the Berlin Wall. Josh listens in on everyday conversations in the Progressive Era of Teddy and the Titanic, the twenties that roared, the Great Depression, and the dawn of the Cold War. He gets a peek at a fifties high school hop, Vietnam War protestors in the sixties, America's 200th birthday in the seventies, and nineties cyber-talk. Along the way Einstein shows Josh how the ghosts of the past shaped the present, haunting the world we know today, at the brink of a new millennium. With time lines on every spread, detailed maps, mini-biographies of important figures, and a glossary, Ghosts of The Twentieth Century is an informative and entertaining look at 100 years of social history. This is a tour that Josh -- and the readers who join him -- will never forget!