Martin W Sandler
4) Kennedy through the lens: how photography and television revealed and shaped an extraordinary leader
Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 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
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustrations, map ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
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.
6) Iron rails, iron men, and the race to link the nation: the story of the transcontinental railroad
Author
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
Publisher
National Geographic
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?
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
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...
11) Presidents
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[1995]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
94 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 x 26 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
95 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Examines the causes and effects of such American disasters as the sinking of the steamboat Sultana in 1871, the Johnstown Flood, the Dust Bowl, the influenza epidemic of 1918-1919, and the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
13) Inventors
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[1996]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
93 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 x 26 cm
Language
English
14) Civil War
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[1996]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
91 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 x 26 cm
Language
English
16) Immigrants
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[1995]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
92 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 x 26 cm
Language
English