Drawing from interviews with these individuals, Lutz, who owns a company that buys, sells, and appraises historic documents, chronicles the stories of the last people to witness famous events in history, technological innovations, and events relating to athletes and entertainers, including the final pitcher to surrender a home run to Babe Ruth, the last suffragette, the last survivor of World War I, the last Civil War widows, the last person to fly with Amelia Earhart, the last survivor of the 1915 Lusitania sinking, the final Iwo Jima flag raiser, the last Ziegfeld Folly performer, the last survivor of the Sobibor Nazi death camp, the last musician to perform with Jimmie Rodgers, and the last surviving employees of Thomas Edison, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Harry Houdini. There is no index or bibliography. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)