Books with author Ann Bausum

National Geographic presents the individuals who have led the U.S. in this up-to-date, authoritative, and lavishly illustrated family, school, and library reference. It features comprehensive profiles of all the former presidents along with timelines and descriptions of crucial events during their terms. Information about the 2020 president-elect or incumbent is also included. Thematic spreads cover a variety of topics from the history of voting rights to how to write a letter to the president. Full-page portraits, famous quotes, and fascinating facts help kids get to know each leader. This new volume is a fascinating read and excellent reference for students and kids of all ages.

The Statue of Liberty's welcoming arms are a symbol held dear to Americans. But the reality is that the issue of immigration, both today and throughout history, has not always been about welcoming; it has also been about keeping out. Often U.S. immigration policy has been less encompassing and more limiting, and sometimes it has even been ruled by racism, prejudice, political concerns, and fear. Immigrants yearning to breathe free have found themselves denied, as when the St. Louis, a ship filled with Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, sought refuge in American ports and was turned away. Immigrants have found themselves detained, as when Japanese Americans during World War II were rounded up and placed in detention centers - regardless of their patriotism - for security reasons. And immigrants have found themselves deported, sometimes for their radical political views, as did Emma Goldman, who after 30 years in the U.S. was rounded up and sent back to Russia after she was branded a dangerous extremist. Ann Bausum examines these immigrant stories from history, the stories of the denied, detained, and deported, so that we can learn from past successes - and past mistakes. Shedding light on the dark side of immigration helps inform one of the most important policy debates of our time. It helps us chart a course true to our past and good for our future. It helps us keep the golden lamp of liberty burning bright.

"I've come on orders from Berlin to fetch the three children." ?Gestapo agent, August 24, 1944With those chilling words, 12-year-old Christa von Hofacker and her two younger siblings are snatched from their home which had already been stripped of their father, mother, and older siblings. Christa and dozens of other children across Germany had become ensnared in a web of punishment as twisted and entangled as the thoughts of the man their fathers had just conspired to kill: Adolf Hitler.The dictator's systematic and vindictive impo,ition of Sippenhaft--guilt by association for all blood relatives of the accused--threatened to separate families indefinitely. Christa recorded her experiences in a diary that chronicled the trauma inflicted by everyday uncertainty and the fear that she'd never see her family again.Author Ann Bausum breathes life into Christa's experiences and those of the other children who experienced the Sippenhaft, dubbed "ghost children" by nearby residents because of how they wandered the grounds of their holding area like stunned silent specters. Bausum's compelling narrative, illustrated with rare archival images, draws power from extensive onsite research, excerpts from Christa's diary, and interviews with Christa (now in her nineties), and other survivors of this tragic situation. By exploring this overlooked history, Bausum elevates our understanding of the German resistance to Nazi rule and Hitler's frantic determination to preserve his regime at any cost.