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Ain't Gonna Study War No More: The Story Of America's Peace Seekers
by Meltzer, Milton
Synopsis: A history of those who have protested war with emphasis on the United States.
Copyright Date: 1985
The Amazing Potato: A Story In Which The Incas, Conquistadors, Marie Antoinette, Thomas Jefferson, Wars, Famines, Immigrants, And French Fries All Play A Part
by Meltzer, Milton
Synopsis: Introduces the history, effects, and current uses of the potato in the world marketplace.
Copyright Date: 1992
The Big Book For Peace
by Meltzer, Milton and Alexander, Lloyd and Babbitt, Natalie and Bierhorst, John and Fritz, Jean and George, Jean and Hurd, Thacher and Kellogg, Steven and Livingston, Myra Cohn and Lowry, Lois and Paterson, Katherine and Sachs, Marilyn and Uchida, Yoshiko and Walter, Mildred Pitts and Willard, Nancy and Zolotow, Charlotte
Synopsis: The wisdom of peace and the absurdity of fighting are demonstrated in seventeen stories and poems by outstanding authors of today such as Jean Fritz, Milton Meltzer, and Nancy Willard, illustrated by famous illustrators such as Paul Zelinsky.
Copyright Date: 1990
The Day The Sky Fell: A History Of Terrorism
by Meltzer, Milton
Synopsis: Who are terrorists? How do they justify what they do? Award-winning author Milton Meltzer searches for answers as he puts terrorism and its practitioners into historical context.
Copyright Date: 2002
Dorothea Lange: A Photographer's Life
by Meltzer, Milton
Synopsis: Lange's famous </Migrant Mother/> (1936) graces the cover of this biography (1895-1965) originally published in 1978 (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux), which includes her photo retrospective of the US Depression and a new foreword.
Copyright Date: 2000
The Eye Of Conscience: Photographers And Social Change
by Meltzer, Milton and Cole, Bernard
Synopsis: Photographs by noted photographers, past and present, and how photography has captured history and changed our existence.
Copyright Date: 1974
Hear That Train Whistle Blow! How The Railroad Changed The World
by Meltzer, Milton
Synopsis: 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.
Copyright Date: 2004
Never To Forget: The Jews Of The Holocaust
by Meltzer, Milton
Synopsis: Six million Jews were killed in Europe between the years 1933 and 1945. What can that number mean to us today? We can that number mean to us today? We are told never to forget the Holocaust, but how can we remember something so incomprehensible?
Copyright Date: 1976
Rescue: The Story Of How Gentiles Saved Jews In The Holocaust
by Meltzer, Milton
Synopsis: A recounting drawn from historic source material of the many individual acts of heroism performed by gentiles who sought to thwart the extermination of the Jews during the Holocaust.
Copyright Date: 1988
Ten Queens
by Meltzer, Milton
Synopsis: Powerful female rulers interpreted in striking words. From the courage and beauty of Esther to the reforming spirit of Catherine the Great.
Copyright Date: 1998
There Comes A Time: The Struggle For Civil Rights
by Meltzer, Milton
Synopsis: Historian, scholar, and award-winning author Milton Meltzer outlines the struggle of African Americans for "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," starting with the landing of the first slave ships on colonial shores.
Copyright Date: 2001