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Author
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In this fascinating collection of historical vignettes, author Martin W. Sandler restores to memory important events, people, and developments that have been lost to time. 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 12th century city north of the Rio Grande, which at its zenith contained a population...
2) Civil War
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
3) Iron rails, iron men, and the race to link the nation: the story of the transcontinental railroad
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
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...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Relates the story of immigration to America through the voices and stories of those who passed through Ellis Island, from its opening in 1892 to the release of the last detainee in 1954.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
1897 : To save hundreds of whalers trapped by ice floes, three men attempted the impossible-- trekking 1,500 miles through the Alaskan wilderness, in winter. Author Martin W. Sandler takes us on every step of their riveting journey, facing blizzards, killing cold, injured sled dogs, and setbacks to test the strongest of wills.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 7
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
Language
English
Appears on list
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
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The 1650s to the 1730s marked the golden age of piracy, when fearsome pirates like Blackbeard ruled the waves, seeking not only treasure but also large and fast ships to carry it. The Whydah was just such a ship, built to ply the Triangular Trade route, which it did until one of the greediest pirates of all, Black Sam Bellamy, commandeered it. Filling the ship to capacity with treasure, Bellamy hoped to retire with his bounty -- but in 1717 the ship...
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