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Books Set in Modern History Times
Books Set in Modern History Times
Literature Selections By Era
Carry a Big Stick
George Grant
Teddy Roosevelt |
9781888952209 |
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Wright Brothers
By Quentin Reynolds, Landmark Books
A biography of the two brothers from Dayton, Ohio, who built and flew the first airplane. |
9780394847009 |
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Albert Marrin, Published by Beautiful Feet Books
This is the exciting story of the Yanks ' coming over' to aid the Allies and turn the tide of W .W .I in Europe. How the
United States mobilized industry, trained doughboy soldiers, and promoted the war at home is told by master historian and
storyteller, Albert Marrin. The desperation of the war itself is illustrated in tales of action at Chateau Thierry and
Belleau Woods; in the air with the daring men of the Army Air Corps; with the Lost Battalion at the battle of the
Meuse-Argonne. From the sinking of the Lusitania to Armistice Day, Marrin tells the whole story of the "war to end all wars"
in The Yanks Are Coming. 249 pages, Trade PB Advanced Intermediate/High School |
9781893103115 |
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Zoli’s Legacy
Dawn L. Watkins, Published by Bob Jones University Press
BJUP combined Zoli's Legacy and Zoli's Inheritance into one volume! Based
on the true story of Zoltan Gaal, this is a well written book about war-torn Hungary (around the time of WWI.) Great reading!
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9781579247638 |
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Eric Liddell
By Catherine Swift |
9781556611506 |
$6.99
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Rising From the Holocaust
By Fanny Goose with Janet Fridman
Rising From the Holocaust is an inspiring autobiography of a young Jewish girl growing up in Poland during WWII. It is
incredible and inspiring. I stayed up late reading this one!
"Her indomitable spirit cannot be destroyed and her constant goodwill towards others brings the support and intervention she
needs to help her survive. Many risk their lives to save hers, including a priest and nuns who hide her in a monastery where
she is kept dressed in religious garb to disguise her race and religion. When the war is over, Fanie Steinbock returns to find
her whole town obliterated, with only a small tree remaining on the grounds where her family home had once stood. This tree was
one that had been planted by her father on the date of her birth, and beneath its trunk, among the roots, she finds in the
dark soil heirlooms that had been hidden by her family who had since perished in the ovens of the Holocaust." |
9780978742843 |
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Land of the Morning, A Civilian Internee's Poignant Memories of Sunshine and Shadows
By Jean McAnlis McMurdie, Published by American Home School Publishing
Land of the Morning is a lovely remembrance of the time when the author lived in the Philippines at a rural mission station
in the 1930s. After Pearl Harbor, her family fled but were eventually captured and moved into a prison camp. It is a
beautiful story of God's care and a testimony to the faith of the author and her family. |
0966706776 |
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Hey, Mac!
William F. McMurdie, Published by American Home School Publishing
Hey, Mac! is a combat infantryman's story of his World war
II experiences--mainly in "A" Company, 394th Infantry Regiment, 99th Infantry Division. |
1880222418 |
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Hitler
Albert Marrin, Published by Beautiful Feet Books
Booklist "Marrin writes insightfully about the life of Adolf Hitler and attempts to ascertain the reasons for his fanaticism, as well as
the motives of those who blindly followed him. The author forgoes sensationalism, and his matter-of-fact writing style and
recitation of events are more than adequate to chronicle the horror. Step-by-step, he describes how Hitler, a seemingly shy,
insecure young man was able to inspire a defeated nation that saw the extermination of many of its citizens as it salvation."
249 pages, Trade PB, Advanced Intermediate/High School |
1893103102 |
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Stalin, Russia's Man of Steel
Albert Marrin, Published by Beautiful Feet Books
This illustrated biography provides a forceful account of the Soviet tyrant who shaped communism into a tool for his own ends and at
the expense of countless human lives. The author sketches out Stalin's rise to power from his childhood through his work as
revolutionary organizer, to his role as supreme commander of Soviet forces and mastermind of post-war policy. The magnitude
and scope of the destruction presented in Stalin is unsettling, disturbing and sometimes difficult to comprehend. It
is important to understand and to allow this understanding to cause us, as Americans under a free system of government, to
love and strive more fervently for the preservation of the values and freedoms we hold so dear. 242 pages, Trade PB
Advanced Intermediate/High School |
1893103099 |
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Victory in the Pacific
Albert Marrin, Published by Beautiful Feet Books
Victory in the Pacific is a key to " the study of World War II. Focusing on the weeks before and months after the attack on
Pearl Harbor, Marrin tells the stories that took place in the jungles of Guadalcanal and Betio. He accurately portrays
the struggles of the Navy and Marines as they crossed the Pacific, island to island, making their way to Japan. Marrin
conveys the struggles of war, along with information on the workings of a submarine and the experience of being stationed on
one, along with technical information. Dedicated to "all those who fought for freedom on, under, and above the 'Peaceful
Ocean,' 1941-1945" this book is the fascinating and dramatic story of those heroic men. Used in the
Literature Approach to U.S. and World History, from the Civil War to Vietnam Study Guide." 212 pages, Trade PB Advanced Intermediate/High School |
1893103153 |
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The Borrowed House
By Hilda van Stockum, Published by Bethlehem Books
Story of a German teen living in Nazi-occupied Holland, WWII. Age 14+
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9781883937461 |
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Enemy Brothers: A Story of World War 2
By Constance Savery, Published by Bethlehem Books
British airman Dym Ingleford is convinced that the young German prisoner, Max Eckermann, is his brother Anthony who was kidnapped years before.
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9781883937508 |
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The Small War of Sergeant Donkey
By Maureen Daly, Published by Bethlehem Books
Story of a boy and a donkey used in the army in Italy during WWII. Ages 9-up
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9781883937478 |
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The Winged Watchman
By Hilda van Stockum, Published by Bethlehem Books
Holland, WWII
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9781883937072 |
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Teresa of Calcutta, Serving the Poorest of the Poor
By D. Jeanene Watson, Sowers Series, Published by Mott Media
India, Grade 5 |
9780880620123 |
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Miracles on Maple Hill
"Marly's father came back from the war a different man. Something inside him seems as cold and dead as the winter world outside. But when the family moves to Grandma's old house on Maple Hill, miracles begin to happen. The sap in the trees begins to rise, the leaves begin to turn, and Marly's father starts to bloom again, like the world around them."
Post WWII country life in Pennsylvania.
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9780152047184 |
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God's Smuggler
By Brother Andrew |
9780800793012 |
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Albert Marrin, Published by Beautiful Feet Books
'Fought in a small Asian country previously unknown to the American public, the Vietnam War, became a cause that divided the nation
and defined the times. The first televised war, it created the largest antiwar movement in history. How could the army that
won a world war lose to an under armed guerilla force? Why would our country pay for a war overseas when we were losing the
"war on poverty" at home? Why did a war fought to bring democracy to Vietnam make Americans question their own
democratic government? These are some of the issues that Albert Marrin addresses. The only excellent book in
print, that we know of, concerning Vietnam for mature young people. Warning: some quotes contain profanity.
America and Vietnam is illustrated with maps and black and white pictures and has 277 pages, Trade PB, Advanced Intermediate/High School |
1893103080 |
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