Werstein, Irving

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Turning point for America

Account of the dramatic events in Havana Harbor, Washington, D.C., and the Philippines that thrust the United States into a major position in world affairs.

The Battle of Salerno

Labor's defiant lady

A biography of a union organizer who became known as "the patron saint of the picket lines.".

The cruise of the Essex

A biography of Captain David Porter and the U.S. frigate Essex which he commanded during its seventeen-month voyage so vital to the outcome of the War of 1812.

The uprising of the Warsaw ghetto, November 1940-May 1943

Describes the events that led to the German invasion of Poland and the three-week siege of the city of Warsaw; examines the daily life of ghetto-imprisoned Jews, the work of social welfare groups and underground activists, cooperative smuggling by city and ghetto citizens, and the overwhelming disease and starvation of the ghetto; and details the foredoomed street uprising by a population that chose to "die with honor.".

Plotters;

Grades 7-9.

Okinawa

A record of the last amphibious campaign of World War II--its planning, strategy, and execution.

Plotters;

Grades 7-9.

The plotters

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