List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction: History's Past Presence
1 The History Book Club Offers the Past as an "Image of Ourselves"
2 Mythologizing History on Du Pont's Cavalcade of America
3 History, News, and You Are There
4 The Freedom Train's Narrow Gauge Iconography
5 Building a "National Shrine" at the National Museum of American History
Conclusion: Once and Future Truths
Notes
Bibliography
Index