Author: James Cross Giblin
Publisher: Clarion Books
Keywords: booth, brother, wilkes, john, edwin, story
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2005-05-23
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 0618096426
ISBN-13: 9780618096428

Edwin Booth and his younger brother John Wilkes Booth were, in many ways, two of a kind. They were among America’s finest actors, having inherited their father’s commanding stage presence along with his penchant for alcohol and impulsive behavior. In other respects, the two brothers were very different. Edwin was more introspective, while John was known for his passionate intensity. They stood at opposite poles politically, as well: Edwin voted for Abraham Lincoln; John was an ardent advocate of the Confederacy.Award-winning author James Cross Giblin draws on first-hand accounts of family

Author: James Cross Giblin
Publisher: Clarion Books
Keywords: hero, human, lindbergh, charles
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1997-10-20
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 0395633893
ISBN-13: 9780395633892

Pilot Charles A. Lindbergh was one of the first Americans to be lionized by the news media. When LIndbergh made his nonstop transatlantic flight in 1927, radio and sound movies were just beginning to be popular, enabling people to learn of events almost as soon as they happened. Overnight, the 25-year-old Lindbergh, a man of modest means and education, was catapulted into the public limelight. He became the American hero whom everyone adored and thought could do no wrong. Lindbergh’s popularity lasted little more than a decade. His ties to Nazi Germany and his outspoken isolationist

Author: James Cross Giblin
Publisher: HarperCollins
Keywords: smallpox, aids, death, black, strikes, plague
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1997-05-30
List price: $9.99
ISBN-10: 0064461955
ISBN-13: 9780064461955

Compassionate and arresting, this exploration of three major diseases that have changed the course of history—the bubonic plague, smallpox, and AIDS—chronicles their fearsome death toll, their lasting social, economic, and political implications, and how medical knowledge and treatments have advanced as a result of the crises they have occasioned. "A book that would serve well for reports, but it is also a fascinating read."—SLJ. Best Books of 1995 (SLJ)Notable Children’s Trade Books in Social Studies 1996 (NCSS/CBC)1995 Young Adult Editors’ Choices (BL)1995 Top of the List Non

Author: James Cross Giblin
Publisher: HarperCollins
Keywords: stone, rosetta, riddle
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 1993-01-01
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 0064461378
ISBN-13: 9780064461375

"Until the Rosetta Stone was finally translated and the decoding of hieroglyphic writing made possible, much of Egyptian history was lost. The author has done a masterful job of distilling information, citing the highlights, and fitting it all together in an interesting and enlightening look at a puzzling subject." —H. "The social and intellectual history here are fascinating. A handsome, inspiring book." —K. Notable Children’s Books of 1991 (ALA)Notable 1990 Children’s Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)Children’s Books of 1990 (Library of Congress)100 Books for R

Author: James Cross Giblin
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Keywords: cleveland, saved
Number of Pages: 80
Published: 2006-04-04
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 0805073558
ISBN-13: 9780805073553

Author: James Cross Giblin
Publisher: Clarion Books
Keywords: hitler, adolf, death, life
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2002-04-22
List price: $21.00
ISBN-10: 0395903718
ISBN-13: 9780395903711

Many people believe Hitler was the personification of evil. In this intriguing biography, James Cross Giblin penetrates this façade and presents a picture of a complex person—at once a brilliant, influential politician and a deeply disturbed man.In a straightforward and nonsensational manner, the author explores the forces that shaped the man as well as the social conditions that furthered his rapid rise to power. Against a background of crucial historical events, Giblin traces the arc of Hitler’s life: his childhood, his years as a frustrated artist in Vienna, his extraordinary rise as di

Authors:James Cross Giblin,  Ursula Arndt,
Publisher: Sandpiper
Keywords: july, symbols, fourth, story, picnics, flags, fireworks
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2001-04-23
List price: $7.95
ISBN-10: 061809654X
ISBN-13: 9780618096541

James Cross Giblin does an excellent job of bringing the history of America’s Independence Day to life. Woven into his vivid descriptions of events surrounding the Declaration of Independence (down to the annoying flies and mosquitoes in Philadelphia’s State House) are amusing anecdotes--how the 1890s "Society for the Suppression of Unnecessary Noise" tried to outlaw Fourth of July firecrackers; what a Yankee Doodle really is; that Uncle Sam was a real person; and how Benjamin Franklin wanted America’s national bird to be ... a turkey. Fireworks, Picnics, and Flags concludes