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Mark Twain: A Writer's Life

Milton Meltzer

Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Sept. 1, 1985)

Surveys the life of Samuel Clemens, who grew up in Missouri, was a river pilot on the Mississippi, became a journalist, and achieved fame as a writer under the pen name Mark Twain.

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Hear that Train Whistle Blow! How the Railroad Changed the World

Milton Meltzer

Hardcover (Random House Books for Young Readers, Oct. 26, 2004)

From the very first passenger train to roll down the tracks in 1825 to the advent of today’s high-speed trains, the railroad has been and is still one of the most vital forces in civilization. Focusing on American railroad history but touching on other countries, award-winning author Milton Meltzer shows how something as ubiquitous as the railroad is, in fact, a force that changed the world.Praise for There Comes a Time by Milton Meltzer:“Readers of every ethnicity will leave this book with a more inspired understanding of what it means to be free.”—Boston Sunday GlobeH “An accessible and vivid outline of the events that led to changes in civil rights in the U.S.”—Kirkus Reviews, StarredAmong Milton Meltzer’s many honors are five nominations for the National Book Award and the 2001 Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for his substantial and lasting contribution to children’s literature. The author lives in New York City.

Rescue: The Story of How Gentiles Saved Jews in the Holocaust

Milton Meltzer

Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Sept. 30, 1991)

A companion to Never to Forget, this is the story of those Gentiles who sought to rescue their Jewish neighbors from annihilation during WWII. A story that needs telling.--School Library Journal, starred review. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults.

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Who Cares?: Millions Do... : A Book About Altruism

Milton Meltzer

Hardcover (Walker & Co, Oct. 1, 1994)

Offers, as an antidote to the evening news, stories of people who care enough to make a difference, from freedom riders in the 1960s to high school environmental organizations who boycott school cafeterias using styrofoam

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Voices from the Civil War: A Documentary History of the Great American Conflict

Milton Meltzer

Paperback (Amer Printing House for Blind, June 1, 1995)

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Never to Forget: The Jews of the Holocaust

Milton Meltzer

Hardcover (Harpercollins, Aug. 16, 1976)

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Weapons & Warfare by Milton Meltzer

Milton Meltzer

Hardcover (HarperColl, March 15, 1818)

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Ferdinand Magellan: First to Sail Around the World

Milton Meltzer

Hardcover (Cavendish Square Publishing, Sept. 1, 2001)

What must it have been like to be the first to circumnavigate the globe or traverse America from shore to shore? What political, social and financial factors of the day encouraged exploration? What personal dreams and desires drove these fearless men to search the vast unknown waters and lands, to tempt danger time and time again, all in the name of discovery? In Great Explorations, acclaimed authors including recent Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner Milton Meltzer guide us through the adventures of the indomitable explorers who knew first-hand the joys and sorrows of pioneering.