The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume I

by Rossiter Johnson (Editor), Charles Francis Horne (Editor), John Rudd (Editor)

"The Great Events by Famous Historians is a comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. It is the answer to a problem which has long been agitating the learned world. How shall real history, the ablest and profoundest work of the greatest historians, be rescued from its present oblivion on the dusty shelves of scholars, and made welcome to the homes of the people? "

432 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2008

About the author

Editor of the Appleton's Annual Cyclopedia and other periodicals. His wife was another well-known editor, Helen Kendrick Johnson.