To America. By Stephen E. Ambrose. Collector’s Edition. Easton Press. Norwalk, 2002.

Stephen E. Ambrose was a preeminent American historian who published dozens of popular books over many decades. His biographies of Eisenhower and Nixon are considered some of the best ever written. Many of his works were bestsellers, making him one of the most recognizable historians in modern American history. In this volume, To America, Ambrose innovates on his usual genre by telling American history through the lens of his own life and career. The work is part memoir, part sweeping history. Ambrose frames his intellectual pursuits and development as a historian by recounting major events in American history. The work was written just months before he died, making it his most personal and revealing.

This collector’s edition is in fine condition. In the original leather, finely gilt stamped. Raised bands. Gilt spine label. Text block fine. Gilt edges. Silk moire endpapers and bookmark sewn in.

A fine collector’s copy of To America.