Martin W. Sandler
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
The dead of an Arctic winter. Whaling ships full of men, stranded in ice. Follow three rescuers in a race against time—and all odds—in this heartpounding true adventure. 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
...Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
159 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
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
2012.
Physical Desc
163 pages ; 25 cm
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...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
30 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 21 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"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) Iron rails, iron men, and the race to link the nation: the story of the transcontinental railroad
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
211 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Experience the race of rails to link the country--and meet the men behind this incredible feat--in a riveting story about the building of the transcontinental railroad, brought to life with archival photos."--Publisher's website.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
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
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
31 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 21 x 26 cm.
Language
English
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"--
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
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...
16) Pioneers
Author
Pub. Date
1994.
Physical Desc
93 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
An overview, in text and illustrations, of the pioneer experience in the American West, from the first settlers through the development of towns.
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1869, Alfred Beach wanted to build America's first air-powered railway below New York City, but Boss Tweed, powerful politician and notorious crook, opposed. Working under night cover, Beach and his crew carved a three-hundred-foot tunnel beneath a department store. Before long, the project was discovered and the public raved about its potential. But no further tunnels were ever built. What happened to Beach's railway, and where is it now?