Brent Ashabranner (1921–2016)

Autore di Always to Remember: The Story of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Brent Ashabranner has written widely on American social history and complex social issues for young readers. Among his many award-winning books, six have been named ALA Notables and three have won the Carter G. Woodson Book Award given annually by the National Council for the Social Studies. Mr. mostra altro Ashabranner has worked in Ethiopia, Libya, and Nigeria for U.S. foreign assistance programs and for the Ford Foundation in the Philippines and Indonesia. He was director of the Peace Corps program in India and deputy director of the Peace Corps in Washington, D.C. Currently Mr. Ashabranner lives in Williamsburg, Virginia. mostra meno

Comprende i nomi: Brent K. Ashabranner, Brent K. Asbabranner

Fonte dell'immagine: photo by Paul Conklin

Opere di Brent Ashabranner

Popolari Recenti

Always to Remember: The Story of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1988) 71 copie

Gavriel and Jemal: Two Boys of Jerusalem (1984) 34 copie

A Strange and Distant Shore: Indians of the Great Plains in Exile (1996) 27 copie

The Choctaw Code (1966) 21 copie

Grateful Nation (1990) 19 copie

The Lion's Whiskers and Other Ethiopian Tales: Revised Edition (1997) 19 copie

Chief Joseph, War Chief of the Nez Perce (1962) 19 copie

An Ancient Heritage: The Arab-American Minority (1991) 14 copie

Born to the Land (1989) 13 copie

Morning star, black sun : the Northern Cheyenne Indians and America's energy crisis (1982) 13 copie

Memorial of Mr. Lincoln (1992) 13 copie

To Live in Two Worlds: American Indian Youth Today (1984) 11 copie

Still a Nation of Immigrants (1993) 10 copie

Land of Yesterday, Land of Tomorrow (1992) 10 copie

Children of the Maya: A Guatemalan Indian Odyssey (1986) 10 copie

I'm in the Zoo, Too!: 2 (1989) 9 copie

The New Americans: Changing Patterns in U.S. Immigration (1983) 8 copie

Dark Harvest: Migrant Farmworkers in America (1986) 8 copie

The Lion's Whiskers: Tales of High Africa (1959) 8 copie

Counting America: The Story of the United States Census (1989) 8 copie

Their Names To Live By (Great American Memorials) (1998) 8 copie

Our Beckoning Borders: Illegal Immigration to America (1996) 8 copie

Date With Destiny, A: Memorial (Great American Memorials) (2000) 8 copie

People Who Make a Difference (1989) 7 copie

To Seek a Better World: The Haitian Minority in America (1997) 6 copie

Into a Strange Land: Unaccompanied Refugee Youth in America (1987) 6 copie

The Washington Monument : a beacon for America (2002) 5 copie

The New African Americans (1999) 5 copie

Badge Of Valor: Natl. Law Enf. (Great American Memorials) (2000) 5 copie

The Stakes are High (1954) — A cura di — 5 copie

The Vanishing Border: A Photographic Journey Along Our Frontier With Mexico (1987) 5 copie

On the Mall in Washington, D.C. : a visit to America's front yard (2002) 5 copie

The Times of My Life: 2A Memoir (1990) 5 copie

No better hope : what the Lincoln Memorial means to America (2001) 4 copie

A New Frontier: The Peace Corps in Eastern Europe (1994) 3 copie

Remembering Korea: Korean War (Ashabranner, Brent K., Great American Memorials.) (2001) 2 copie

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Informazioni generali

Data di nascita: 1921-11-03
Data di morte: 2016-12-01
Sesso: male
Luogo di nascita: Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
Luogo di residenza: Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
El Reno, Oklahoma, USA
Bristow, Oklahoma, USA
Istruzione: Oklahoma A & M College (BA, English)
Organizzazioni: Peace Corps
U.S. Navy Construction Battalion (Seabees)
Breve biografia: [excerpt from Peace Corps Worldwide website]
Brent Ashabranner (1921 -2016) was Deputy Director of the Peace Corps between 1967 and 1969. Following service in World War II, graduate school and a brief period of teaching, Brent spent thirty years working overseas, including starting the first Peace Corps program in Nigeria and becoming director of Peace Corps programs in India. Prior to his retirement in 1985, Brent worked for ten years with the Ford Foundation in the Philippines and Indonesia. It was in retirement that he wrote more than 30 books on cross-cultural topics for junior readers, books that resulted in more than 40 awards.

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A date with destiny : the Women in Military Service… di Brent K. Ashabranner

A Date With Destiny includes the history of the building of the Women's Memorial and a description of what visitors can expect to find upon visiting. It describes the Register, the exhibits, and includes includes a general history of women's military contributions.

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MWMLibrary | Jan 14, 2022 |

Always to remember : the story of the Vietnam… di Brent K. Ashabranner, 1921-

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lcslibrarian | 2 altre recensioni | Aug 13, 2020 |

Land of Yesterday, Land of Tomorrow : Discovering… di Brent K. Ashabranner

Chinese Central Asia, long cloaked in mystery & legend, was the route of the ancient Silk Road over which goods & ideas flowed between China & Persia, India & Europe. It is a land of towering mountains & a desert so fearful that its name means 'if you go in, you won't come out.' Now called Xinjiang Province, this region is part of the PRC. Closed to outsiders by the Chinese govt. in 1949, Xinjiang was opened briefly to foreign visitors between 1984 & 1990. Award-winning photographer Paul Conklin & his sons photographed the Uighur & Kazakh residents & traveled to the city of Kashgar, 2,000 years old. A fascinating look at a little-known but important part of China. Juvenile audiences.… (altro)

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riselibrary_CSUC | Jul 10, 2020 |

Always To Remember: The Story Of The Vietnam… di Brent K. Ashabranner, 1921-

Discusses the building of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the controversies that have surrounded it, and some human interest stories connected with it.

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PAFM | 2 altre recensioni | Dec 4, 2019 |

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