Journalist Brian Williams begins this collection of letters to US presidents from George Washington to Bill Clinton with his letter as a child to President Johnson. Messages compiled by Young (National Trust for Historic Preservation) include a black soldier's request to Lincoln for fair pay and an e-mail from space to Clinton. Background context, illustrations, and details on the Presidential Records Act and the Freedom of Information Act are included. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Dwight Young has been actively involved in historic preservation for almost 30 years. He joined the staff of the National Trust in 1977, and moved to Trust headquarters in Washington in 1992. He is the author of Alternatives to Sprawl, and Saving America's Treasures. He is best known as author of the "Back Page" feature in Preservation magazine. In 2003, the National Trust published a collection of these essays titled Road Trips through History.
Brian Williams became the anchor of NBC Nightly News in 2004, taking over for Tom Brokaw, the first such announced change in the major network news anchors in two decades. He was the NBC News Chief White House correspondent, and was the anchor and managing editor of the Saturday edition of NBC Nightly News for six years. Williams has been awarded three Emmys, and in over 20 years of broadcasting, he has reported from 23 countries on countless stories of national and international importance.
