Download or read book A Life in the Twentieth Century written by Arthur Meier Schlesinger (Jr.) and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2000 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author considers events that occurred during his lifetime and that contributed to America's rise to world power status, as told through his personal experiences in childhood, in college, and during war times.