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First-person accounts, surely the most beguiling of primary sources, bring history's people and events alive as no other documents can. This chronologically arranged collection contains some 250 such narratives, drawn mostly from letters, memoirs, diaries, and news stories, beginning with a brief description of a Sumerian schoolboy's day circa 2000 B.C.E. and concluding with a reporter's moving piece on the return of Diana's body to England in 1997. Empha...Log In or Sign Up to Read More