1907-1967

"One night after a storm, environmental activist Rachel Carson takes her nephew Roger out for a walk by the sea. Includes notes about Rachel Carson, the story, and bioluminescence"--OCLC.

"One night after a storm, environmental activist Rachel Carson takes her nephew Roger out for a walk by the sea. Includes notes about Rachel Carson, the story, and bioluminescence"--OCLC.

In 1940, Varian Fry traveled to Marseille intending to help imperiled artists leave the country, but he found himself staying for a year arranging escapes for refugees.

Examines the life of the baseball player who was active with several teams, including the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago Cubs, and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1951.

A brief biography of American Varian Fry who, during World War II in France, helped over two thousand Jewish refugees escape from the Nazis.

At a time when most Americans ignored the atrocities going on in Europe in 1940, American journalist Varian Fry put himself in great danger to save strangers in a foreign land. He was instrumental in the rescue of more than 2,000 refugees, including novelist Heinrich Mann and artist Marc Chagall. He remained in France for over a year until he was forcibly evicted.