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History of US: War, Peace, and All That Jazz
Joy Hakim
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Description for History of US: War, Peace, and All That Jazz
Paperback. From woman's suffrage to Babe Ruth's home runs, from Louis Armstrong's jazz to Franklin Delano Roosevelt's four presidential terms, from the finale of one world war to the dramatic close of the second, War, Peace, and All That Jazz presents the story of some of the most exciting years in U.S. history. Series: A History of US. Num Pages: 224 pages, 282 b/w halftones, 23 color illus. BIC Classification: YNH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 232 x 193 x 10. Weight in Grams: 466.
Recommended by the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy as an exemplary informational text. From woman's suffrage to Babe Ruth's home runs, from Louis Armstrong's jazz to Franklin Delano Roosevelt's four presidential terms, from the finale of one world war to the dramatic close of the second, War, Peace, and All That Jazz presents the story of some of the most exciting years in U.S. history. With the end of World War I, many Americans decided to live it up, going to movies, driving cars, and cheering baseball games a plenty. But alongside this post ... Read more
Recommended by the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy as an exemplary informational text. From woman's suffrage to Babe Ruth's home runs, from Louis Armstrong's jazz to Franklin Delano Roosevelt's four presidential terms, from the finale of one world war to the dramatic close of the second, War, Peace, and All That Jazz presents the story of some of the most exciting years in U.S. history. With the end of World War I, many Americans decided to live it up, going to movies, driving cars, and cheering baseball games a plenty. But alongside this post ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
A History of US
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195327236
SKU
V9780195327236
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About Joy Hakim
Joy Hakim, a former teacher, editor, and writer won the prestigious James Michener Prize for her series, A History of US, which has sold over 4 million copies nationwide. A graduate of Smith College and Goucher College she spent years teaching students from elementary school up to the college level. She also served as an Associate Editor at Norfolk's Virginian-Pilot, ... Read more
Reviews for History of US: War, Peace, and All That Jazz
[An] exciting series... Ms. Hakim braids multiple narratives together to bring alive material long dead to children's imaginations.
The New York Times Book Review
Joy Hakim didn't rewrite history. But she did make it a whole lot more fun to read.
Education Week
Readers young and old will find themselves amused, amazed, and engrossed by this ... Read more
The New York Times Book Review
Joy Hakim didn't rewrite history. But she did make it a whole lot more fun to read.
Education Week
Readers young and old will find themselves amused, amazed, and engrossed by this ... Read more