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| Author | : Deborah Heiligman |
| Publisher | : Henry Holt and Company (BYR) |
| Total Pages | : 203 |
| Release | : 2019-10-08 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1250187559 |
From award-winning author Deborah Heiligman comes Torpedoed, a true account of the attack and sinking of the passenger ship SS City of Benares, which was evacuating children from England during WWII. Amid the constant rain of German bombs and the escalating violence of World War II, British parents by the thousands chose to send their children out of the country: the wealthy, independently; the poor, through a government relocation program called CORB. In September 1940, passenger liner SS City of Benares set sail for Canada with one hundred children on board. When the war ships escorting the Benares departed, a German submarine torpedoed what became known as the Children's Ship. Out of tragedy, ordinary people became heroes. This is their story. This title has Common Core connections.
| Author | : Francis M Carroll |
| Publisher | : Naval Institute Press |
| Total Pages | : 258 |
| Release | : 2012-10-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1612511554 |
Just hours after World War II was declared, Germany struck its first blow, firing without warning on the passenger liner Athenia. The British ship was loaded with Americans, Canadians, and Europeans attempting to cross the Atlantic before the outbreak of war. As the ship sank, 1,306 were rescued but 112 people were lost, including thirty Americans. This account of the disaster, based on new research, tells a dramatic story of tragedy and triumph, as historian Francis Carroll chronicles the survivors' experiences and explains how the incident shaped policy in the U.S., UK, and Canada. For Britain, it was seen as a violation of international law and convoys were sent to protect shipping. In Canada, Athenia's sinking rallied support to go to war. In the United States, it exposed Germany as a serious threat and changed public opinion enough to allow the country to sell munitions and supplies to Britain and France.
| Author | : Cheryl Mullenbach |
| Publisher | : Chicago Review Press |
| Total Pages | : 139 |
| Release | : 2017-09-01 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1613738277 |
Through first-hand accounts, interviews with survivors, powerful images, and primary sources, award-winning children's author Cheryl Mullenbach brings to life the pre-war environment in both America and Europe. Torpedoed! vividly re-creates the events surrounding the sinking of the SS Athenia, the first ship lost in the battle of the Atlantic during World War II. The amazing stories of fear and hope are recounted through the words of two American children onboard that day.
| Author | : Homer H Hickam |
| Publisher | : Naval Institute Press |
| Total Pages | : 369 |
| Release | : 1996-05-03 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1612515789 |
In 1942 German U-boats turned the shipping lanes off Cape Hatteras into a sea of death. Cruising up and down the U.S. eastern seaboard, they sank 259 ships, littering the waters with cargo and bodies. As astonished civilians witnessed explosions from American beaches, fighting men dubbed the area "Torpedo Junction." And while the U.S. Navy failed to react, a handful of Coast Guard sailors scrambled to the front lines. Outgunned and out-maneuvered, they heroically battled the deadliest fleet of submarines ever launched. Never was Germany closer to winning the war. In a moving ship-by-ship account of terror and rescue at sea, Homer Hickam chronicles a little-known saga of courage, ingenuity, and triumph in the early years of World War II. From nerve-racking sea duels to the dramatic ordeals of sailors and victims on both sides of the battle, Hickam dramatically captures a war we had to win--because this one hit terrifyingly close to home.
| Author | : Thomas Wildenberg |
| Publisher | : US Naval Institute Press |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Torpedoes |
| ISBN | : 9781591146889 |
"In this book, Thomas Wildenberg and Norman Polmar provide a definitive work on the development and use of the torpedo by the U.S. Navy. Their book begins with an overview of the early undersea weapons developed by Bushnell and Fulton, the spar torpedo of the Civil War and attempts to imitate the Whitehead torpedo, and then focuses on American torpedo development for use from submarines, surface warships and small combatants, and aircraft."--Publisher's description.
| Author | : United States. Office of Naval Records and Library |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 34 |
| Release | : 1923 |
| Genre | : Merchant marine |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Deborah Heiligman |
| Publisher | : Henry Holt and Company (BYR) |
| Total Pages | : 465 |
| Release | : 2017-04-18 |
| Genre | : Young Adult Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1250109698 |
Printz Honor Book • YALSA Nonfiction Award Winner • Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner • SCBWI Golden Kite Winner • Cybils Senior High Nonfiction Award Winner From the author of National Book Award finalist Charles and Emma comes an incredible story of brotherly love. The deep and enduring friendship between Vincent and Theo Van Gogh shaped both brothers' lives. Confidant, champion, sympathizer, friend—Theo supported Vincent as he struggled to find his path in life. They shared everything, swapping stories of lovers and friends, successes and disappointments, dreams and ambitions. Meticulously researched, drawing on the 658 letters Vincent wrote to Theo during his lifetime, Deborah Heiligman weaves a tale of two lives intertwined and the extraordinary love of the Van Gogh brothers.
| Author | : Deborah Heiligman |
| Publisher | : Henry Holt and Company (BYR) |
| Total Pages | : 281 |
| Release | : 2009-01-06 |
| Genre | : Young Adult Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1429934956 |
Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species, his revolutionary tract on evolution and the fundamental ideas involved, in 1859. Nearly 150 years later, the theory of evolution continues to create tension between the scientific and religious communities. Challenges about teaching the theory of evolution in schools occur annually all over the country. This same debate raged within Darwin himself, and played an important part in his marriage: his wife, Emma, was quite religious, and her faith gave Charles a lot to think about as he worked on a theory that continues to spark intense debates. Deborah Heiligman's new biography of Charles Darwin is a thought-provoking account of the man behind evolutionary theory: how his personal life affected his work and vice versa. The end result is an engaging exploration of history, science, and religion for young readers. Charles and Emma is a 2009 National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature.
| Author | : Ruta Sepetys |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 450 |
| Release | : 2017-08-01 |
| Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0142423629 |
#1 New York Times bestseller and winner of the Carnegie Medal! "A superlative novel . . . masterfully crafted."--The Wall Street Journal Based on "the forgotten tragedy that was six times deadlier than the Titanic."--Time Winter 1945. WWII. Four refugees. Four stories. Each one born of a different homeland; each one hunted, and haunted, by tragedy, lies, war. As thousands desperately flock to the coast in the midst of a Soviet advance, four paths converge, vying for passage aboard the Wilhelm Gustloff, a ship that promises safety and freedom. But not all promises can be kept . . . This paperback edition includes book club questions and exclusive interviews with Wilhelm Gustloff survivors and experts.
| Author | : James P. Duffy |
| Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
| Total Pages | : 148 |
| Release | : 2013-04-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0803245408 |
Originally published: Santa Barbara, California: Praeger/ABC-CLIO, 2009.
