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Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores and analyzes the historical context and significance of the iconic Cecil Stoughton's photograph taken just hours after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 of Lyndon Baines Johnson taking the presidential oath of office on Air Force One.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Beginning with the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861 and continuing through the entire Civil War, Mathew Brady and his employees chronicled the long, bloody conflict, bringing images of war directly to the people.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations, map ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses team photographer Alfred Gregory's pictures of the May 1953 expedition during which he captured Hillary and Norgay, with the imposing Himalayas spread out behind them, as they neared the summit of Mount Everest.
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Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The mighty Soviets were the favorites to win hockey gold at the 1980 Winter Olympics. But a team of U.S. college players had other ideas. The stunning upset of the Soviet hockey team by the young Americans has been called the greatest moment in international hockey. And to many people the victory was about much more than sports. Americans had gone through difficult times at home and abroad. Beating the best hockey team in the world - and its major...
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Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
President Theodore Roosevelt called Jacob Riis the best American I ever knew. The pioneering photojournalist an immigrant from Denmark drew attention to the poverty and evils of slum life in the late 1800s. Riis won national acclaim when his photos illustrated his bestselling book How the Other Half Lives. The book focused on the difficult time immigrants faced as thousands of newcomers flooded into the United States each year. Riis called for reform...
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Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations, some color ; maps ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
On-point historical photographs combined with strong narration bring the story of the raid that captured bin Laden to life. Kids will feel as though they are in the room with President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and the others in the cabinet who called for and monitored the raid. Primary source quotations make the event feel immediate, and photographs by the White House photographer add to the immediacy, and the understanding...
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Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"On point historical photographs combined with strong narration bring the saga of the Woolworth lunch counter sit-ins in the early 1960s to life. Readers will learn about the four brave college students who started it all, as well as the many who came after. These events changed the world. The photographer who took the photographs shown in this book is now in his 90s, but he agreed to an exclusive interview for this book."--Provided by publisher.
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Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Jesse Owens' gold-medal winning feats at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin struck a mighty propaganda blow against Adolf Hitler. The Nazi leader had planned to use the German games as a showcase of supposed Aryan superiority. Instead, there was American black athlete Owens on the podium being photographed by Hitler's personal photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann. In addition, Owens would figure prominently in the groundbreaking film Olympia by Hitler's favorite...
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