"From Antarctic dispatches on the Byrd expedition to an eyewitness account of the atomic bomb, from the First Amendment battle to publish the Pentagon Papers to the personal narrative of an interracial friendship, this collection of The New York Time's journalism records the events, people and trends that shaped the twentieth century. Pulitzer Prize winner and Times columnist Anthony Lewis has culled the newspaper's most acclaimed writing to chronicle life and history as it was happening.

Arranged topically, Written into History offers evocative snapshots by many of America's most renowned voices."--BOOK JACKET.