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Byron Hollinshead is president of American Historical Publications, a producer of books in history for adults and for children. Previously, he was president of American Heritage Publishing Company and Oxford University Press, Inc. He was publisher of MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History and Time Machine: American History for Kids. He is a former president of National History Day and, currently, vice-chair of The National Council for History Education. Hollinshead has been a consultant to several PBS documentaries in history including, most recently, Freedom: A History of US, a sixteen part series from Kunhardt Productions. As an editor and publisher... Read More

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I Wish I'd Been There
Twenty Historians Bring to Life the Dramatic Events That Changed America
Written by Byron Hollinshead

Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: September 4, 2007
Price: $14.95

I Wish I’d Been There brings together twenty of our most distinguished historians’ responses to the question “What scene or incident in American history would you most liked to have witnessed—and why?” The answers illuminate crucial moments in our past and give readers a front-row seat at some of American history’s... Read more >

I Wish I'd Been There

Written by Byron Hollinshead

Format: eBook
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: September 4, 2007
Price: $14.95

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I Wish I'd Been There (R)
Book Two: European History
Written by Byron Hollinshead and Theodore K. Rabb

Format: eBook
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: June 9, 2009
Price: $15.00

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I Wish I'd Been There (R)
Book Two: European History
Edited by Byron Hollinshead and Theodore K. Rabb

Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: June 2, 2009
Price: $15.00

“What is the scene or incident in European history that you would like to have witnessed-and why?”

In this companion to I Wish I'd Been There: Twenty Historians Bring to Life the Dramatic Events that Changed America, some of our finest historical writers now turn their attention to Europe, with lively and... Read more >

I Wish I'd Been There (R), Book Two
European History
Written by Byron Hollinshead and Theodore K. Rabb

Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
Publisher: Doubleday
On Sale: May 13, 2008
Price: $27.95

What is the scene or incident in European history that you would like to have witnessed—and why? This is the question that the editors posed to twenty superb historians, who each wrote a personal essay in response. The result is this engrossing book, a worthy sequel to the acclaimed volume on... Read more >

I Wish I'd Been There (R), Book Two
European History
Written by Byron Hollinshead and Theodore K. Rabb

Format: eBook, 400 pages
Publisher: Doubleday
On Sale: May 13, 2008
Price: $27.95

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