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2) Band of brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne : from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's nest
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
The story of the men who were in Easy Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne during World War II.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the experiences of Meriwether Lewis, the man chosen by President Jefferson to lead a voyage from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, discusses the experiences of those who took part in the expedition, and tells of the leading political, scientific, and military figures involved in the mapping of the American West.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Text and many photos, maps, and diagrams present the Second World War to young readers, from the war's origins in Europe through the War Crimes Trials and the aftereffects of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan. Also includes a glossary, a bibliography, and a list of related Web sites.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 32
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the soldiers of the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Air Forces in the European Theater of Operations in World War II, following their activities from D-Day on June 7, 1944 to Germany's surrender eleven months later on May 7, 1945.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Recounts the 1803 expedition of Lewis and Clark through the words of a young boy who is forced to choose between a woman he meets on the expedition and the life he left behind.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 28
Language
English
Description
Profiles the men who built the transcontinental railroad, the investors who risked their businesses to fund it, the politicians who understood its importance, the Irish and Chinese immigrants who worked on it, and the other laborers who did the dangerous work of laying the track.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
With Stephen E. Ambrose's untimely death in October of 2002, America lost its most popular historian. He breathed fresh life into topics that remained obscure to the average person, and injected passion into the events from which history textbooks so often drained the drama. Ambrose's final book is a stirring collection of reflections that covers such wide-ranging subjects as the Battle of New Orleans, the transcontinental railroad, Crazy Horse and...
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
On the sparkling morning of June 25, 1876, 611 men of the United States 7th Cavalry rode toward the banks of Little Bighorn in the Montana Territory, where three thousand Indians stood waiting for battle. The lives of two great warriors would soon be forever linked throughout history: Crazy Horse, leader of the Oglala Sioux, and General George Armstrong Custer. Both were men of aggression and supreme courage. Both became leaders in their societies...
Author
Language
English
Description
In planes and foxholes, in deserts and jungles, on ships and beaches, Ambrose shines a light on the people involved-the leaders, the fighters, the victims. With chapters on the atrocities of the Holocaust and revelations about the secret war of espionage, Ambrose's analysis also offers insight into the events that precipitated the Cold War.
15) Price for Peace
Author
Language
English
Description
Steven Spielberg, historian Stephen Ambrose, and director James Moll present firsthand accounts of the Pacific Theater of WWII. This powerful documentary examines how brave young men and women dealt with being thrust into this brutal chapter of history.
Author
Language
English
Description
China Marine is the sequel to E. B. Sledge's critically acclaimed memoir, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa. Picking up where his previous memoir leaves off, Sledge, a young marine in the First Division, traces his company's movements and charts his own difficult passage to peace following his horrific experiences in the Pacific. He reflects on his duty in the ancient city of Peiping (now Beijing) and recounts the difficulty of returning...
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