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J974.7 / MUR
Blizzard!
Jim Murphy. 2000. 136p. (EMJ)
Riveting story of a natural disaster that rocked the northeastern US for
four days in 1888 - The Great Blizzard. See also Murphy's award-winning
book about the Chicago Fire - The Great Fire.
597. CAP
Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916.
Michael Capuzzo. 2003. 140p. (MJS)
Dramatic tale of the rogue shark that attacked several swimmers during the
summer of 1916. Along the way, Capuzzo manages to throw in quite a bit of
historical detail and scientific explanation.
361.1523 / CRO
Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case.
Chris Crowe. 2003. 128p. (JS)
Crowe vividly tells the shocking and disturbing story of Emmett Till's
brutal murder and in the process shows much about the racial climate of the
times. Highly recommended. See also Chris Crowe's fictional account,
Mississippi Trial, 1955.
509.22 / DEN
Guinea Pig Scientists: Bold Self-Experimenters in Science and Medicine.
Leslie Dendy and Mel Boring. 2005. 213p. (EMJS)
Stories of ten men and women, from the 1770s to the present, who devoted
their lives, and sometimes risked them, to answer some of the big questions
in science and medicine.
943.086 / BAR
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow.
Susan Campbell Bartoletti. 2005. 176p. (MJS)
A riveting story, told with chilling honesty and stunning photos. This
award-winner combines superb research with compelling presentation.
951. 9042 / GRA
I Remember Korea: Veterans Tell Their Stories of the Korean War, 1950-53.
Linda Granfield. 2003. 136p. (MJS)
First person accounts of the "forgotten war".
364.1524 / ST
In the Line of Fire: President's Lives at Stake.
Judith St. George. 1999. 144p. (EMJS)
The macabre and fascinating stories of presidential assassinations -
Lincoln's ominous premonition of death, a photo of Teddy Roosevelt moments
after an attempt on his life, and the frail Andrew Jackson's belligerent
reaction to his would-be assassin.
J070.4333 / SUL
Journalists at Risk: Reporting America's Wars.
George Sullivan. 2006. 128p. (MJ)
War correspondents have covered every American war. Sullivan's book focuses
on the personal risks journalists must take in covering war and on the
significance of the First Amendment and the public's right to know. Timely.
J978 / CAL
The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party.
Marian Calabro. 1999. 192p. (EMJ)
Uses materials from letters and diaries written by survivors of the Donner
Party to relate the experiences of that ill-fated group as they endured
horrific circumstances on their way to California in 1846-47.
617.481 / FLE
Phineas Gage:
A Gruesome but True Story about Brain Science.
John Fleischman. 2002. 86p. (EMJ)
Science writer Fleischman tells the astonishing story of a railroad worker
who survived an accident in which a metal rod shot through his skull.
Dramatic and informative.
598.72 / HOO
The Race to Save the Lord God Bird
Phillip Hoose. 2004. 196p. (EMJ)
Tells the story of the ivory-billed woodpecker's extinction in the United
States, describing the encounters between this species and humans, and
discussing what these encounters have taught us about preserving endangered
creatures.
J910.452 / PHI
Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex.
Nathan Philbrick. 2002. 164p. (EMJS)
Recounts the 1820 sinking of the whaleship "Essex" by an enraged sperm whale
and how the crew of young men survived against incredible odds. Based on
the author's adult book Heart of the Sea.
959.7043 / CAP
10,000 Days of Thunder: A History of the Vietnam War.
Philip Caputo. 2005. 128p. (EMJ)
School Library Journal says that, "In this truly multifaceted presentation
of the conflict, both on the front lines and on the homefront, Caputo has
produced what is at once an overview and a sensitive, resonant picture of
the war as seen and experienced by American soldiers, the Viet Cong, North
Vietnamese guerrillas, and the citizens of both South Vietnam and the United
States."
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