Martin W. Sandler, Author . Scholastic Reference $18.95 (144p) ISBN 978-0-439-53082-8
This winning history of Ellis Island relies wherever possible on the voices and recollections of the immigrants themselves, giving a personal tone to the writing. Sandler (The Story of Photography
) ably captures the lure of America (both real and...
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Martin W. Sandler, Author Sterling Publishing (NY) $24.95 (299p) ISBN 978-1-4027-4085-5
When Captain John Buddington of New London, Conn., set out on a whaling expedition in September 1855, he discovered the HMS Resolute, a British navy ship without a soul on board. How the Resolute made it from its British home port to Arctic Sea...
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Martin W. Sandler. Candlewick, $22.99 (176p) ISBN 978-0-7636-5080-3
In 1897, winter arrived early in the Arctic Ocean—disastrously early for the crews of eight San Francisco–based whaling ships locked in ice off the northwestern coast of Alaska. President McKinley issued an order to launch an expedition to rescue...
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Martin W. Sandler. Walker, $20.99 (176p) ISBN 978-0-8027-3565-2
Sandler (Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans During World War II) documents the ways that the Beatles left an indelible mark on international popular culture and the music industry, opening with the group’s U.S. debut on the Ed Sullivan...
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Martin W. Sandler. Candlewick, $24.99 (176p) ISBN 978-0-7636-9489-0
The Apollo 8 mission unfolds within the broader context of history in this expansive photo-filled volume that focuses as much on the journey into space as it does the events unfolding back on Earth. Sandler provides an overview of world events...
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Martin W. Sandler, Author, James Billington, Joint Author HarperCollins Publishers $24.95 (93p) ISBN 978-0-06-023023-4
Sandler ( The Story of American Photography ) orchestrates the debut of a Library of Congress line of American history books with panache, drawing on the Library's picture collections to augment lucid, age-appropriate text with a wealth of...
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Martin W. Sandler, Author, Dennis Reinhartz, Foreword by , foreword by Dennis Reinhartz. Sterling $35 (468p) ISBN 978-1-4027-4724-3
This history of the Atlantic world is packed with paintings, maps both ancient and modern, and photographs. Prolific historian and Emmy-winning TV writer Sandler points out that scholars have only recently focused on the Americas, Europe and Africa...
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