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(0)Martin W. Sandler
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 8
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Traces the 1897 survival tale of hundreds of sailors whose whaling ships were trapped in Arctic ice off the coast of Alaska by unexpected storms, in an account that chronicles the efforts of three rescuers dispatched by President McKinley.
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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...
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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...
4) Iron Rails, Iron Men, and the Race to Link the Nation: The Story of the Transcontinental Railroad
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 7
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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...
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Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
192 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
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"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...
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Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
30 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 21 x 26 cm.
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"Westward ho, with the American pioneers! Why did pioneer families risk it all to move west? Who settled the frontier towns of the Wild West? Did pioneer children go to school? Kids will love learning about this important period in US history, including the dangerous journey, the Gold Rush, the building of the railroad, cowboys, and much more."--
9) Civil War
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Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
91 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 x 26 cm.
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Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
31 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 21 x 26 cm
Description
"Who fired the first shots in the American Civil War? Where were the fiercest battles fought? How did Lincoln free millions of slaves with one document? Acclaimed author Martin Sandler answers all these and other "must-know" questions about the war that pitted brother against brother and tore the United States apart"--
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Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
97 p. : ill ; 27 cm.
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Offers a series of images of the life and times of the celebrated president, with photographs of him at different periods of his life along with portraits of his family, other politicians, generals of the Civil War on both sides, and pictures of the batttlefields, and the site of the Gettysburg Address.
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Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 3
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96 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 27 cm.
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Photographs capture the horrific conditions of this national disaster, the struggles of the people who stayed to save their land, and the sorrows of those who were forced to move as a result of this catastrophe.
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
144 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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"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"--