American Places is a tribute to Sheldon Meyer's 40 year career as histroy editor at Oxford University Press. Included in this book are more than two dozen written contributions by America's most gifted historians commenting about their own encounters with historic places, bringing a personal viewpoint to bear an a wide variety of sites, ranging from Monticello to Fenway park. This is an appealing and useful collection that would be an extremely beneficial supplement to classroom teaching, allowing students access to the work of a selection of America's foremost historians and illustrating that history can be both personal and convincing.