"The American Heritage Book of Great Historic Places" by Richard M. Ketchum — 1957

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Full title: The American Heritage Book of Great Historic Places with narrative by Richard M. Ketchum and an introduction by Bruce Catton. Published in New York by American Heritage Publishing Company in 1957. First edition.

Features important historic sites across the United States, combining historical narrative with extensive photography to showcase many of the nation’s most significant landmarks, battlefields, homes, monuments, and preserved locations.

Historian Richard M. Ketchum provides the narrative text, while Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil War historian Bruce Catton contributes the introduction. Together, they present a broad exploration of places tied to the American Revolution, the Civil War, westward expansion, presidential history, and the development of the United States.

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