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Marrin, Albert.

Summary: Describes the conditions in the textile industry in the early 20th century behind the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company that led to the death of many young women, and explains its impact on the labor movement and on society.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2011

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974.7 MAR

Marrin, Albert

Summary: A Polish Jew on the eve of World War II, Janusz Korczak turned down opportunities for escape in order to stand by the children in his orphanage as they became confined to the Warsaw Ghetto. Dressing them in their Sabbath finest, he led their march to the trains and ultimately perished with his children in Treblinka. Marrin examines not just Korczak's life but his ideology of children: that...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 KOR

Marrin, Albert

Summary: In twentieth century America, no threat loomed larger than the communist superpower of the Soviet Union. The Communist Party of the United States attempted to use deep economic and racial disparities in American culture to win over members and sympathizers. Marrin shows how the miscarriage of justice in the Scotsboro Boys case, the tragedy of the Rosenbergs, and the menace of the Joseph...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf Books 2021

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Marrin, Albert

Summary: 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...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 616 MAR

Marrin, Albert

Summary: "Wildfires have been part of the American landscape for thousands of years. Forests need fire--it's as necessary to their well-being as soil and sunlight. But some fires burn out of control, destroying everything and everyone in their path. In this book, you'll find out about how and why wildfires happen, how different groups . . . have managed forests and fire, the biggest wildfires in...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 634.9 MAR

Marrin, Albert

Summary: Packed with dramatic stories and compelling photos, this look at the most destructive wildfires in American history teaches us about the past and shows a better way forward to fight forest fires in the future.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 634.9 MAR

Marrin, Albert.

Summary: A fast-paced account of the life and times of the man who became the first president of the United States.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2001

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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB WASHINGTON MAR

Summary: The hugely popular live American television plays of the 1950s have become the stuff of legend. Combining elements of theater, radio, and filmmaking, they were produced at a moment when TV technology was growing more mobile and art was being made accessible to a newly suburban postwar demographic. These astonishingly choreographed, brilliantly acted, and socially progressive "teleplays"...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2009

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GOL

Lambert, Marjie.

Summary: Explains the use of the bread machine and includes interesting bread recipes, many with an international flavor.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chartwell Books 1996

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