ANDREW CARROLL is best known for creating the Legacy Project, which archives wartime correspondence, and War Letters, which sold more than 300,000 copies and inspired an acclaimed PBS documentary. Other New York Times bestsellers include Letters of a Nation and Behind the Lines. Carroll's Operation Homecoming inspired an Emmy-winning documentary. He lives in Washington, D.C. Look for Andrew's new book, My Fellow Soldiers.
"Readers should fasten their seatbelts...Carroll's explorations are
strangely compelling—I started wondering what history had
disappeared from my own neighborhood. Here Is Where could be the
basis for a cool Google Glass app—mash it up with GPS coordinates
and let it populate the spaces around us with ghosts, both good and
evil. We may lose a bit of ourselves by outsourcing our
imagination. But we may lose even more by letting time erode the
history of our land."--Wall Street Journal
“Carroll takes readers on an eye-opening and entertaining grand
tour of America in this lively exploration of lesser-known or
overlooked historical sites. From birthplaces to gravesites and
high points to low, from those that inspired inventions to those
that sparked change, he leaves no stone unturned or landmark
unvisited…Part travelogue, part history, this book should be
required reading for anyone interested in America’s past.”
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Andrew Carroll has always been a top-notch editor. I had no idea
he was as fine a storyteller. Great storytelling can be
wonderfully addictive. Here Is Where captured me completely -- I
couldn't put it down."
--Jeff Shaara, New York Times bestselling author of Gods and
Generals, Last Full Measure and Blaze of Glory
“Here is Where is remarkable for the painstaking research on
display and its yield of rescued-from-obscurity stories. Many of
the true incidents Andrew Carroll has uncovered aren’t just
surprising but powerful. Others are simply laugh-out-loud
funny, but all are described with considerable skill.
America has always had among its citizenry a number of individuals
whose legacy is immense but unappreciated, and Carroll has truly
done them justice.”
--Steven Pressfield, bestselling author of Gates of Fire, Tides of
War and Killing Rommel
"Impressive...Carroll has discovered a way of doing history that,
once you
see it, seems so obvious, indeed right under your nose or
feet. But to the best of my knowledge, no one has done this
before."
--Joseph J. Ellis, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Revolutionary
Summer and Founding Brothers
“Both a fascinating excavation of under-appreciated events and
agents and a compelling analysis of what binds us together, Here Is
Where makes for rich and vivid reading. It seems to me that
Andrew Carroll has become the Charles Kuralt of American
history.”
--Les Standiford, author of Desperate Sons and Last Train to
Paradise
“Writing with a historian’s insight and the skill of a master
storyteller, Andy Carroll reminds us to look for the fascinating
bits of history that lie just behind the curtains of our modern
surroundings. Here is Where is a captivating, thoroughly enjoyable
journey across the country with a friend who knows all the cool
places to stop and have a look.”
--Gregory A. Freeman, The Last Mission of the Wham Bam Boys and The
Forgotten 500
"In Here Is Where, one of our best historian-sleuths, Andrew
Carroll, has given us a fresh and irresistible approach to
experiencing history. Until someone invents a time machine, it's
the next best thing to being there--and he's such a vivid, engaging
writer that it's probably more fun."
--James Donovan, author of A Terrible Glory and The Blood of
Heroes
"Andrew Carroll takes the reader on a fascinating
journey of discovery to uncover the forgotten history that
lies hidden around us. This is a terrific book: refreshingly
original, fast-paced, entertaining, and always insightful. It’s
full of fun and interesting stories that bring the past to
life and remind us that we are surrounded by the artifacts of
history."
--Steven M. Gillon, Scholar-in-Residence at The History
Channel and author of Ten Days That Unexpectedly Changed America
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