Includes index (p. 736-742).

"...A compendium that flows chronologically from 1830 to 1930 with each day providing a concise text and accompanying images. The daily entries found at the top of the pages are generally not connected to the tale told by the main text and images, but constitute a separate running diary of incidents or events that actually happened on that specific date. A landmark event or a particularly compelling personality may get fleshed out by more than one entry in these pages. Each stands on its own as a complete vignette, but for those readers who choose to go through the book in order from January 1 to December 31, an epic tale will unfold ..."--p. 4.