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Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, 1847 (Dear America Series)

175 reviews
Kristiana Gregory

Scholastic Inc., 1997

Educational Gold Mine!
Excellent book for teaching the Oregon Trail journey! I have used this book for 4 years to teach about hardships pioneers faced while traveling west on the Oregon Trail. It gives a realistic view of life on the trail, from joys to the lose of life.

The All-American Boys

39 reviews
Walter Cunningham

ibooks, 2003

Must read (or listen) for space history lovers.
This review is based off of the audio edition of the book. The All-American Boys is different than any other space program history book I've read. Walter Cunningham takes you on an emotional ride, from the tragedy of the Apollo 1 fire to the funny antics of the early astronauts as they participated in the great game of one-upping each other. If you truly want to know what it was like to be ...

A Man On The Moon, Vol. 1: One Giant Leap

128 reviews
Andrew; Hassig, Lee (editor) Chaikin

Time-Life, Incorporated, 1999

Simple. Buy it
With over 130 reviews, what more could I possibly add except to say if you're interested in the history and detail of Apollo, buy this book. It is brilliant.

Wizardology: The Book of the Secrets of Merlin (Ologies)

62 reviews
Master Merlin, Dugald Steer

Candlewick, 2005

wizards dream book, magical informative wizard teachings
This lovely ology book is beautiful. The cover has beautiful art, and a few stones. Inside every page has drawings and information. If you like wizard or magic this book is for you. The book has information and a spell or two. It also has a stone inserted in the back cover. This book makes a lovely birthday or holiday gift for the magician in you. I highly recommend it for anyone who can ...

Titanic: An Illustrated History

51 reviews
Donald Lynch, Ken Marschall

Hyperion Books, 1992

A HIT!
This was a Christmas gift for my 9 year old grandson. He loved it! It's reported to me it is read often and at times he falls asleep after reading it at bedtime. This choice was a shot in the dark but worked out wonderfully.

Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13

53 reviews
Jeffrey Kluger, James Lovell

Houghton Mifflin, 1994

Unbelievably great book!
Other reviewers have recapped this very well so I'll add a different perspective and experience. I actually read this in paperback AFTER the movie came out - which I immediately went to see and enjoyed because I remember the events of that time as they were happening. Great movie by a good director in Ron Howard. Too bad Tom Hanks blew the key dialog in the movie by over-acting with a stern ...

Champlain's Dream

55 reviews
David Hackett Fischer

Simon & Schuster, 2008

Another Pulitzer?
This book is a massive, sweeping undertaking in the best tradition of historical writing, pulling together events, personalities, the philosophical zeitgeist of the time, and the cultural impact viewed from our times. David Hackett-Fisher portrays Champlain as unique among the explorers/colonists of North America in taking an open, humanistic, cooperative and curious view of the Native American ...

Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys

55 reviews
Michael Collins

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1989

Oustanding narrative of what it was like to be an Apollo astronaut
Prior to reading this book, I had read Gene Cernan's "Last Man on the Moon" and Andrew Chaikin's "Man on the Moon." While both are good books in their own right, and well worth reading, only Collins was able to fully allow the reader to understand what it was like to be an astronaut in the heady days of the space program. As a Gemini and Apollo astronaut, his insight is detailed, though not ...

Rocket Boys (The Coalwood Series #1)

550 reviews
Homer Hickam

Delacorte Press, 1998

Terrific Book......Part Of A Tradition
I decided to pick up Rocket Boys after seeing "October Sky" with my son. October Sky, (OS) is one of the movies that was included as part of a tradition my son and I had started when he was a youngin', and still continuing today. October Sky is what I refer to as a "Dad" movie, or any movie that was either about, or included a sub plot that reflected a relationship between a father and his son. ...

Ship Ablaze: The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum

54 reviews
Ed O'Donnell

Broadway, 2004

Blazing example of negligence
Prior to September 11, 2001, the burning of the General Slocum was New York City's worst disaster in terms of casualty rate. An estimated 1300 Lower East Side residents, most of them members of St. Mark's Lutheran parish, boarded the steamer on the morning of June 15, 1904 for the annual church picnic at Eatons Neck, Long Island. Barely two hours later, a blaze broke out in a storage compartment, ...

Exhibition 36: Mixed Media Demonstrations + Explorations

38 reviews
Susan Tuttle

North Light Books, 2008

A Keeper
I've bought so many of this type of book, read it in one sitting, thought about trying a technique, then either sold it away or let it sit gathering dust on the bookshelf. Susan has managed to pull together not only great eye candy and interesting techniques, but my preferred diet of a full meat and potatoes meal of insightful text. Both her writing and that of the other artists who share their ...

Corpse: Nature, Forensics, and the Struggle to Pinpoint Time of Death--An Exploration of the Haunting Science ...

27 reviews
Jessica Snyder Sachs

Basic Books, 2001

Excellent read, historical and lively information!
Not for those with weak stomachs, but great for those with any interest in death investigations. Pin pointing time since death has always been a thorn in the side of many a prosecuter. This book gives a very nice detailed history of how we started trying to determine T.O.D to where we are now. I recommend this book to anyone in the field of forensic science or with a interest in criminal justice ...

The Seven Mysteries of Life: An Exploration In Science & Philosophy

34 reviews
Guy Murchie

Houghton Mifflin, 1978

A unification theory of mystery & existence . . .
This book is a lyrical synthesis of science, philosophy, and religious traditions that could only be authored by a visionary & poetic personality of the highest caliber. Guy Murchie spent seventeen years pulling this 650 page book together; and the labor of love & dedication really shows through the entire text - his erudition is vast, yet completely accessible. The Seven Mysteries of Life is ...

Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965 (Outward Odyssey: A People's History of S)

38 reviews
Francis French, Colin Burgess

University of Nebraska Press, 2007

Great addition to your space library
This is a great addition to your space library, if you are interested in the early space program. Also add "Apollo Moon Missions, the Unsung Heroes." It is excellent also, filling in interesting details that other space program books leave out.

One River: Science, Adventure and Hallucinogenics in the Amazon Basin

38 reviews
Wade Davis

Simon & Schuster Ltd, 1997

A tribute to Davis for One River!
Edifiying and entertaining. Davis has made a signficant contribution to our understanding of the heroics of botanists in the Amason basin and a fitting memorial to the lives of both Evan Schultes and Tim Ploughman. He brings the dispassionate eye of a scientist to certain historical and social events of the area as he weaves the field notes of several generations botanical explorers. Davis is cut ...

Exploring the Titanic

26 reviews
Robert D. Ballard

Sagebrush Education Resources, 1999

Titanic
Do you like old ships? Well, I know the right one for you. It is the Titanic. It is about a ship that hit an ice berg and went down. So go under water with Dr.Robert Ballard and explore the Titanic. Good Luck! This book is recommended for 8 and up.

The Arctic Grail: The Quest for the Northwest Passage and The North Pole, 1818-1909

29 reviews
Pierre Berton

The Lyons Press, 2000

Truly breathtaking, fascinating stories extraordinarily told
Very rarely the reader is so moved by a book that he simply starts thinking about it around the clock. It is such a powerful book. For two weeks I couldn't think about anything else than Arctic and those people confined by and in the ice for often several years. It is the book you will never forget. It is so powerful narrative. Reader get accustomed with names like Lancaster Sound, ...

In the Shadow of the Moon: A Challenging Journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969 (Outward Odyssey: A People's ...

26 reviews
Francis French, Colin Burgess

Bison Books, 2010

In the Shadow of the Moon
If you want to know about the voyages of the Lunar astronauts during the golden age of space flight, read this book. Francis and Colin capture not only the hard detail of lunar flights, but also the human side of the living and working in space. What is it like to fly to the moon and how we as humans do it. The exploration of the moon was mankind's greatest adventure and its greatest achievement ...

Journals of Lewis and Clark (Classic, Nature, Penguin)

27 reviews
Meriwether Lewis, William Clark

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1989

An amazing historic journey related by the travelers themselves
It's amazing they pulled it off and lost only one man (and got into a real fight with the natives only once) and despite all the incredible difficulties wrote it all down. There is no substitute for getting it directly from the horse's mouth. Bernard DeVoto does a great job keeping the story flowing with footnotes, editorial explanations and maps. This book will help you connect the dots at all ...

The Night Lives on

26 reviews
Walter Lord

Penguin, 1998

Questions finally meet their answers
Being a fan of Walter Lord's impeccably researched book "A Night to Remember," I was instantly intrigued upon learning of "The Night Lives On." I had had several lingering questions for years: why was an order given to turn the ship starboard when the iceberg eventually hit starboard? How, specifically, was the matter of the Californian's involvement dealt with? Which theories about "the gash" ...

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