Martin W Sandler

Experience the race to link the United States by rail. Meet the men behind this incredible feat in a riveting story about the building of the transcontinental railroad, brought to life with archival photos.

A nation in need of hope, the most powerful rocket ever launched, and the first three men to break the bounds of Earth: Apollo 8 was headed to the moon.
In 1957, when the USSR launched Sputnik I, the first man-made satellite to orbit Earth, America's rival in the Cold War claimed victory on a new frontier. The Space Race had begun, and the United States was losing. Closer to home, a decade of turbulence would soon have Americans

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"When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, suddenly Japanese Americans found themselves suspected of spying for the enemy. Without any just cause, 120,000 people on the West Coast of the United States were rounded up and forced to live in hastily constructed relocation camps. People were given mere weeks to dispose of their beloved pets, businesses, homes, and possessions before being sent to live behind barbed-wire fences under primitive...

Answers questions about the American pioneers and Westward expansion, including who settled the frontier towns of the Wild West and whether pioneer children attended school.

"Shipwrecked! is an adventure-filled nonfiction book for young readers about the most captivating shipwrecks from history. Combining new research, stunning archival material, and vivid storytelling, Shipwrecked! dives deep into the world of marine archaeology and shows young readers what each discovery reveals about the world before our time"--