| A History of Us: War, Peace, and All That Jazz: 1918-1945a History of Us Book Nine Revised Edition Contributor(s): Hakim, Joy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195327233 ISBN-13: 9780195327236 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $16.18 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2007 Annotation: Hakim's ten-volume history of the United States makes American history as exciting as an adventure story and as stimulating as a suspense yarn. She tells stories with all the fascinating sides of factual history. The dates and events, characters and complexities, heroes, heroines and villains are woven into the great American history. B&W illustrations throughout, index and timelines. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 973.91 |
| Lexile Measure: 860 |
| Series: History of US (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 7.5" W x 9.1" (1.05 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Topical - Home Schooling |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Recommended by the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy as an exemplary informational text. From woman's suffrage to Babe Ruth's home runs, from Louis Armstrong's jazz to Franklin Delano Roosevelt's four presidential terms, from the finale of one world war to the dramatic close of the second, War, Peace, and All That Jazz presents the story of some of the most exciting years in U.S. history. With the end of World War I, many Americans decided to live it up, going to movies, driving cars, and cheering baseball games a plenty. But alongside this post WWI spree was high unemployment, hard times for farmers, ever present racism, and, finally, the Depression, the worst economic disaster in U.S. history, flip flopping the nation from prosperity to scarcity. Along came one of our country's greatest leaders, F.D.R., who promised a New Deal, gave Americans hope, and then saw them through the horrors and victories of World War II. These three decades full of optimism and despair, progress and Depression, and, of course, War, Peace, and All That Jazz forever changed the United States. About the Series: Master storyteller Joy Hakim has excited millions of young minds with the great drama of American history in her award-winning series A History of US. Recommended by the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy as an exemplary informational text, A History of US weaves together exciting stories that bring American history to life. Hailed by reviewers, historians, educators, and parents for its exciting, thought-provoking narrative, the books have been recognized as a break-through tool in teaching history and critical reading skills to young people. In ten books that span from Prehistory to the 21st century, young people will never think of American history as boring again. |