U.S. Landmark Non-Fiction Books
Ted W. Lawson’s classic Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo appears in an enhanced reprint edition on the sixtieth anniversary of the Doolittle Raid on Japan. “One of the worst feelings about that time,” Ted W. Lawson writes, “was that there was no tangible enemy. It was like being slugged with a single punch in a dark room, and having no way of knowing where to slug back.” He added, “And, too, there was a helpless, filled-up, want-to-do-something feeling that [the Japanese] weren’t coming—that we’d have to go all the way over there to punch back and get even.” Lawson gives a vivid eyewitness account of the unorthodox assignment that eighty five intrepid volunteer airmen—the “Tokyo Raiders”—under the command of celebrated flier James H. Doolittle executed in April 1942. The plan called for sixteen B-25 twin-engine medium bombers of the Army Air Corps to take off from the aircraft carrier Hornet , bomb industrial targets in Japan, and land at airfields in China. While the raid came off flawlessly, completely surprising the enemy, a shortage of fuel caused by an early departure, bad weather, and darkness took a heavy toll of the raiders. For many, the escape from China proved a greater ordeal. Peter B. Mersky provides new information on the genesis of the raid, places it in the context of the early operations against Japan, and updates Ted Lawson’s biography.
An account of the four voyages of Columbus. Relates the oft-told incidents as well as the seldom-heard accounts of his sea voyages, the mutinies of his crews, and land colonization.
Learn how and why the Pilgrims left England to come to America! In England in the early 1600s, everyone was forced to join the Church of England. Young William Bradford and his friends believed they had every right to belong to whichever church they wanted. In the name of religious freedom, they fled to Holland, then sailed to America to start a new life. But the winter was harsh, and before a year passed, half the settlers had died. Yet, through hard work and strong faith, a tough group of Pilgrims did survive. Their belief in freedom of religion became an American ideal that still lives on today. James Daugherty draws on the Pilgrims' own journals to give a fresh and moving account of their life and traditions, their quest for religious freedom, and the founding of one of our nation's most beloved holidays; Thanksgiving.
Experiences of a family living in Philadelphia during the late 1700s help describe the events and conflicts that surrounded our nation's birth
New York: Random House, 1950, Hardbound, about 8.5 inches tall, 181 pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated by Norman Price. This is Number 4 in the Landmark series. The Landmark series presents historic and biographical books for young readers, designed to hold the attention as well as to inform.
The Monitor and the Merrimac (Landmark Books, Number 16) by Fletcher Pratt. New York: Random House, 1951. Hardbound, 8.5 inches tall, 185 pages. Index. Illustrated with drawings by John O'Hara Cosgrave II. This is Landmark Book Number 16. The Landmark series presents historic and biographical books for young readers, designed to hold the attention as well as to inform. Lives of outstanding people and topics of interest in American and world history are presented in story form with illustrations. "In 1862 the Confederates built a startling kind of warship - an ironclad -- designed to destroy the blockading Union fleet. But the Union Navy built an ironclad to make the blockade stronger. When the two ships -- the Union's Monitor and the Confederacy's Merrimac (or Virginia) -- met at Hampton Roads, the resulting battle became world famous. But there was more than one monitor! That famous Monitor was only the first of a large family -- all of them the products of the clever brain of an inventor named John Ericsson. Fletcher Pratt also tells the story of the men who commanded the monitors and the ironclad vessel of the Confederate States. The pages of this book take us to Mobile Bay to hear Admiral Farragut's famous cry, 'Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!' In the same battle, Captain Craven of the Tecumseh sacrificed his life to save his pilot. A stirring, authentic history of a brilliant inventor, of proud ships, and of the stanch sailors who made up their crews."
Benjamin Franklin was one of the busiest men in the American colonies. He was a printer, a postmaster, an inventor, a writer, and a diplomat. When the Revolutionary War began, Ben supported America in the Continental Congress. Like the clever adages from his Poor Richard’s Almanac , Ben Franklin still sets an example for Americans today.
This book describes two expeditions one by sea, and the other by land, sent out by John Jacob Astors American Fur Company. to establish a trading post on the west coast. The incredible adventures of the fur trappers on these perilous journeys- from unfriendly Indians and stampeding buffalo to blizzards, hunger and thirst- make for fascinating reading.
HB with DJ. vintage book for adolescent
A biography of the girl who became known as a fearless battlefield nurse during the Civil War and the founder of the American Red Cross.
A biographical account of the frontier hero who became a symbol of the restless westward movement across the American continent
Abraham Lincoln was born to a poor family on the American frontier. He was a hard worker, but he wanted more than a farmer’s life. As he learned about the issues of his day, Abe longed to be a lawmaker himself, so he ran for the state legislature. Soon the farm boy would become the brilliant orator and admired president who finally proclaimed freedom for all Americans. Focusing on Lincoln’s childhood and early manhood, this book explores the people and events that shaped one of America’s greatest presidents.
The name of Wyatt Earp ranks as high in the history of the Old West as the names of Davy Crockett, Wild Bill Hickock, and Buffalo Bill Cody, for Wyatt Earp was possibly the greatest gunfighter the Old West ever knew. Yet the tall, quiet man with the strikingly pale blue eyes ruled Dodge City, Wichita, and other wild cow towns only by fear of the unpressed trigger. He was the first frontier peace officer who believed that peace could be enforced without bloodshed, and only once did he shoot to kill. When he was forced by the sheriff of Tombstone, Arizona, to fight or run away, he chose to fight; and the Battle of the O.K. Corral in October, 1881, showed how he and his brothers fought in a showdown.
ACCELERATED READER PROGRAM SELECTION "Originally published in 1957, the book has an old-fashioned flavor . . . Tallant, who has written extensively about Louisiana's history, writes a sympathetic, factual account of the history and culture of the people we now know as Cajuns . . ." --Children's Literature Readers familiar with Longfellow's poem Evangeline can find an expanded and historically accurate account of the Acadians' plight in the novel Evangeline and the Acadians. Robert Tallant's sympathetic pen brings to life the Acadians' painful search for a land of freedom, hope, and love. When the unwelcome British came to Nova Scotia and took over this land the French colonists called "Acadia," faith and loyalty were continually tested. Marriages between the Acadians and British were not outlawed but despised, and eventually Acadian parents punished any child caught speaking English. Under British authority in 1775, the first fathers and brothers were ripped mercilessly away from their female family members and shipped off as exiles. For years, bands of displaced and weary Acadians wandered in search of a haven for French-speaking people. Many found that haven in Louisiana.
Juvenile educational book-Landmark series.
In the American colonies of the 1770s, people were fed up with British laws. Local farmers and tradesmen secretly formed a militia. In 1775, when the British marched into Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, the Americans were ready. From that first battle to the final showdown at Yorktown, the Americans fought against tremendous odds. The British army was bigger and better trained. Food and guns were scarce. But George Washington’s ragged army fought for–and won–the freedom and independence we cherish to this day.Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, the tale of our country's fight for independence is brought to life in fast-moving, dramatic detail.
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An account of American military actions in the Pacific Ocean in World War II
This is the story of the Project Mercury. This book contains pictures from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. All the pictures are in Black and White. The chapters in this book 1. Project Mercury Sends a Man into Space 2. Why do we explore Space? 3. Space Exploration Begins 4. Project Mercury 5. The Equipment for Exploring Space 6. Choosing the Mercury Astronaut. 7. The Mercury Astronauts 8. The Mercury Astronauts Get Ready to Explore Space. 9. Test Shots for Project Mercury 10. Other United States Space Projects. 11. The Soviet Union's Space Program. 12. Countdown 13. Three Times around the Earth 14. After Project Mercury. Selected List of Satellites and Probes, Glossary, Index
Scottish immigrant Alexander Bell gave up teaching deaf children, devoted time to experiments, then invented the telephone that people jokingly called an electric toy
Beginning with Thomas Edison’s childhood, when he set up his first laboratory in his basement as a 10-year-old, and following through his many jobs before he was able to support himself as an inventor, this is the true story of the man who brought the world the phonograph, motion pictures, and even the electric light bulb—revolutionary inventions that forever changed the way people live. “One of the most critically acclaimed, best-selling children’s book series ever published.”— The New York Times Margaret Cousins is also the author of the Landmark Book Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia .
A report on the activities of the allied forces in World War II over a three-year period
Iwo Jima is one of the most famous battles in World War II, and the greatest battle fought by the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II. From that battle came the most famous image of the war, the raising of the flag on Mount Suribachi. Robert Leckie, the bestselling author of Helmet for My Pillow has written an extraordinary story of one of th bloodiest battles in Marine Corps history.
hardback w/DJ, not ex-library, 8th printing, DJ is raggedy at the edges, front illustration is nice, general wear to DJ, interior pages clean and unmarked.