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Martin W. Sandler is the author of Lincoln Through the Lens and The Dust Bowl Through the Lens. He has won five Emmy Awards for his writing for television and is the author of more than sixty books, two of which have been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Among Sandler's other books are the six mostra altro volumes in his award-winning Library of Congress American History Series for Young People, a series which has sold more than 500,000 copies. Other books by Mr. Sandler include: Island of Hope: The Story of Ellis Island, Trapped in Ice, The Story of American Photography, The Vaqueros, America: A Celebration, and This Was America. Martin Sandler has taught American history and American studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and at Smith College. In 2014 his title, Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans during World War II, made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno

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Opere di Martin W. Sandler

Inventors (1996) 172 copie
Immigrants (1995) 133 copie
Trapped In Ice! (2006) 98 copie
America! A Celebration (2000) 85 copie
Civil War (1996) 85 copie
Cowboys (1994) 76 copie
The Letters of John F. Kennedy (2013) — A cura di — 71 copie
This was America (1980) 54 copie
Presidents (1995) 37 copie
America's Great Disasters (2003) 24 copie
As New Englanders played (1979) 9 copie
In search of America (1975) 1 copia
Immigrants 1 copia
Civil War 1 copia

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Informazioni generali

Data di nascita
1932
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
USA
Luogo di residenza
Massachusetts, USA
Attività lavorative
teacher
writer
Organizzazioni
University of Massachusetts
Smith College
Breve biografia
Martin Sandler has received two Pulitzer Prize nominations, a Boston Horn
Book Award for The Story of American Photography: An Illustrated History for young People, and seven emmy awards. He is the author of more than eighty books, including Sterling's Resolute: The Epic Search for the Northwest Passage and John Franklin, and the Discovery of the Queen's Ghost Ship. His best selling Library of Congress American History series have sold more than 500,000 copies.

Mr. Sandler has produced and written numerous series for television; he was the creator and co-writer for the acclaimed "This was America" series, hosted by William Shatner. He has taught American history and American studies at the University of Massachusetts and Smith College. Martin Sandler is a passionate tennis player and a life long follower of the Boston Red Sox. He loves to uncover important but neglected stories in the human experience, particularly if they involve unimaginable heroism and surprising results. He lives with his wife in Cotuit, Mass.

His latest book is entitled Lost to Time: Unforgettable Stories that History Forgot published by Sterling in 2010. His next book, Kennedy Through the Lens (for young adults) will be released on January 4, 2011. Mr. Sandler is currently at work on three other books, The Kennedy Letters based on over 2 million pieces of correspondence from the Kennedy Library Archives in Boston. Bloomsbury, will publish The Kennedy Letters in three countries simultaneously: America, England, and Germany, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy's death. Also in the works currently are two other books -- one on the Japanese-American Internment, and a young adult book on one of the most amazing sea adventures in history.

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Interesting subject but should have been more interesting and better written.
 
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Newmans2001 | Dec 24, 2023 |
First sentence: Almost everything made by humans, at one time or another, has been carried over the oceans. And it's not only people and goods that depended upon the sea for transportation. Ideas, cultures, religions, technologies, and the arts historically spread by seas.

Premise/plot: Shipwrecked is middle grade nonfiction. Sandler introduces readers to seven shipwrecks, or, excavations of shipwrecks. The book focuses on how shipwrecks are discovered, recovered, salvaged, etc. What can we learn about the past by examining/exploring shipwrecks? How has the art or science of exploration/excavation changed over the past hundred years?

The shipwrecks discussed in this one include: Antikythera, Cape Gelidonya, Shinan, The Mary Rose, Sao Jose Paquete de Africa, The Hunley, The Erebus and The Terror. The book also includes a final chapter--or appendix--where other shipwrecks are featured. These "bonus" or "extra" shipwrecks get a few paragraphs each.

My thoughts: I found this fascinating. I wasn't expecting to find it fascinating. This subject or sub-sub-genre isn't my usual "cup of tea." Yet I found myself absorbed in these stories. Mostly I found myself interested in the history of it all.

Definitely recommended for those that enjoy nonfiction.
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blbooks | Dec 22, 2023 |
I finally had to stop reading this book. The author, who teaches American history uses topics in this book to provide his own soapbox. How does one go from a chapter about the strikes in 1919 to the hazards of global warming? And this is what our children are being taught? This is abysmal. No wonder children are challenged to understand history, let alone appreciate it.
 
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Kimberlyhi | 5 altre recensioni | Apr 15, 2023 |
Questa recensione è stata scritta per Recensori in anteprima di LibraryThing.
I am waiting to check out a finished copy from my local library as the review version had no "full-color" images to review.
 
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pussreboots | 5 altre recensioni | Sep 21, 2022 |

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ISBN
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