Martin W. Sandler
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A nation in need of hope, the most powerful rocket ever launched, and the first three men to break the bounds of Earth: Apollo 8 was headed to the moon. In 1957, when the USSR launched Sputnik I, the first man-made satellite to orbit Earth, America's rival in the Cold War claimed victory on a new frontier. The Space Race had begun, and the United States was losing. Closer to home, a decade of turbulence would soon have Americans reeling, with the...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Shipwrecked! is an adventure-filled nonfiction book for young readers about the most captivating shipwrecks from history. Combining new research, stunning archival material, and vivid storytelling, Shipwrecked! dives deep into the world of marine archaeology and shows young readers what each discovery reveals about the world before our time"--
Author
Language
English
Description
Though barely known today, these are major historical stories, from Ziryab, an eighth-century black slave whose influence on music, cuisine, fashion, and manners still reverberates, to Cahokia, a twelfth-century city north of the Rio Grande, which at its zenith contained a population estimated to have been as high as 40,000 (more than any contemporary European city), to the worst peacetime maritime disaster ever, the explosion and sinking of the Sultana...
Author
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed historian Martin Sandler-a two-time Pulitzer Prize nominee, winner of seven Emmy® Awards, and author of more than fifty books-finally brings to light an amazing high-seas adventure. Fascinating rare photographs, paintings, engravings, and maps illustrate the book throughout.
It all began when, in one of the biggest news stories of the 19th century, Sir John Franklin and his ships the Erebus and the Terror disappeared while attempting to...
Author
Language
English
Description
In 1897, whaling in the Arctic waters off Alaska's coast was as dangerous as it was lucrative. And in that particular year, winter blasted early, bringing storms and ice packs that caught eight American whale ships and three hundred sailors off guard. Their ships locked in ice, with no means of escape, the whalers had limited provisions on board, and little hope of surviving until warmer temperatures arrived many months later. Here is the incredible...
6) Iron Rails, Iron Men, and the Race to Link the Nation: The Story of the Transcontinental Railroad
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In the 1850s, gold fever swept the West, but people had to walk, sail, or ride horses for months on end to seek their fortune. The question of faster, safer transportation was posed by national leaders. But with 1,800 miles of seemingly impenetrable mountains, searing deserts, and endless plains between the Missouri River and San Francisco, could a transcontinental railroad be built? It seemed impossible. Eventually, two railroad companies, the Central...
7) Civil War
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c1996
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
91 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Walker Books For Young Readers
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.4 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
176 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Drawing from interviews and oral histories, chronicles the history of Japanese American survivors of internment camps.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
v, 185 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1903, the Wright brothers made three brief flights, and no one was there to watch them. Six years later, Wilbur Wright traveled to Europe to evangelicize about aviation and raise money for patents--and the world got aviation fever. That summer, a group of champagne companies organized the first ever international air meet in Rheims, France. They knew they could throw a great party and sell a lot of champagne. They didn't know that this single...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Some of the most important issues of our time were no less important 100 years ago. America in 1919, at the close of World War I, was shaken from the events of large-scale warfare, fearing a Communist takeover, and facing an incredible amount of social and political change. From Prohibition to women's suffrage, the labor strikes to the violence of the Red Summer and the Red Scare, this book explores each major movement of 1919. Showing how these...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
165 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
This book features photographs taken for the Farm Security Administration by ten renowned photographers, featuring scenes from regions throughout the United States.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
170 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes what happened when a slave ship packed with plunder was captured by pirates in 1717 then sunk by a brutal storm. Tells the story of the 1984 expedition to locate the wreck and what was uncovered.
Launched in 1716 to ply the Triangular Trade route, the Whydah was designed to be fast and to hold large amounts of cargo, both material and human. Captain Prince had completed the sale of slaves brought from Africa to the Caribbean and had turned...
13) Kennedy through the lens: how photography and television revealed and shaped an extraordinary leader
Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
96 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Provides insight into how JFK used the new medium of television and the advances in color photography to further his ambitious agenda.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 372 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A definitive collection of letters by and to JFK offers unique insights into his character and times, in a volume that includes correspondences with such figures as Martin Luther King Jr., Eleanor Roosevelt, and a young John Kerry.