It's about Time: How Long History Took

by Mike Flanagan

Book Overview

Sparked by the fateful 73-second Challenger voyage, It's About Time began as a newspaper feature chronicling key moments in history and the length of time each took to occur. This fascinating book,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0740746944
• ISBN13: 9780740746949
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

It's about Time

This book is for readers of all types, occasional readers, history buffs, frequent readers, and even mystery novel readers! The detail and details on each subject is quite amazing! For instance most Americans would not believe the Gettysburg address took only 2 minutes to deliver by President Lincoln and the main speaker at the event spoke for 2 hours! Most Americans would not believe that we have not set foot on the moon since 1972! Most Americans remember John Glenn as a U.S. Senator and Astronaut but few know that he flew 59 combat missions in World War II! It is these important details of history and time that make this book so wonderful to read and appreciate. It doubles as a coffee table book because when friends come over, they immediately pick it up and start reading it! It is worth double or triple the price I paid for it! I heartily recommend this book to readers of all ages, young and old who want appreciate history and the Time it took to make that history!