[prepared by National Geographic Book Service ; foreword by Melville Bell Grosvenor ; editorial consultant, Paul MacKendrick ; special essays by Dr. MacKendrick and Emily Vermeule ... and others ; chapters by Ernle Bradford ... and others ; paintings by Peter V. Bianchi ... and others ; photographs by Walter Meayers Edwards ... and others]
by the editors of American heritage, the magazine of history. Editor in charge: Richard M. Ketchum; chapter prologues by Allan Nevins; narrative by Alvin M. Josephy, Jr., Peter Lyon [and] Francis Russell
edited by Jim Heimann ; with an introduction by Steven Heller ; [German translation: Harald Hellmann ; French translation: Philippe Safavi ; Spanish translation: Gemma Deza Guil ; Japanese translation: Maiko Masujima]