Albert Marrin
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
In spring of 1918, World War I was underway, and troops at Fort Riley, Kansas, found themselves felled by influenza. By the summer of 1918, the second wave struck as a highly contagious and lethal epidemic and within weeks exploded into a pandemic, an illness that travels rapidly from one continent to another. It would impact the course of the war, and kill many millions more soldiers than warfare itself. Of all diseases, the 1918 flu was by far the...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Provides a detailed account of the disastrous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City, which claimed the lives of 146 garment workers in 1911, and examines the impact of this event on the nation's working conditions and labor laws.
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"On the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor comes a harrowing and enlightening look at the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II--from National Book Award finalist Albert Marrin,"--Amazon.com.