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Sitting Bull and His World from Dutton Books Customer Review:  Marrin's book makes significant use of outdated sources, many before 1970, as well as romantic photographs and illustrations. Although the book is impressive for a young adult audience, with its bibliography and textbook feel, the lack of current scholarship on Sitting Bull is apparent as one reads... |
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Empires Lost and Won : The Spanish Heritage in the Southwest from Atheneum Customer Review:  This is the second Marrin book I have read. This author does a good job summarizing the important aspects of this history. Along the way, he brings some interesting stories into the overall historical summation. I like his writing style as it can be understood by a teenager or an adult. The overall... |
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Old Hickory: Andrew Jackson and the American People from Dutton Books Price: $19.80 |
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Commander in Chief: Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War from Dutton Books Price: $10.19 Customer Review:  For the first time, I came to know Lincoln not as an iconified hero, but as a funny, direct, engaging and committed human being as I read this book. The author has thorough notes of very detailed research and tells a story that others omitted or overlooked. It made me want to read much more about... |
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Cowboys, Indians, and Gunfighters : The Story of the Cattle Kingdom from Atheneum Customer Review: This is the best book I've read this year. It talks about the exciting days of the Old West when cowboys rounded up cows and horses, when outlaws roamed the range, and when Indians hunted buffalo. The conflicts come between the cowboys and the Indians about the hunting of the buffalo (almost to... |
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The Yanks are Coming: The United States in the First World War from Beautiful Feet Books Price: $13.99 Customer Review: Albert Marrin's books are all top-notch! "The Yanks Are Coming" is no exception. Marrin begins by explaining how the U.S. became involved in the first world war and how it affected life in America. Did you know that sauerkraut became "liberty cabbage"?(Kind of like "freedom fries" today.) He... |
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Terror of the Spanish Main: Sir Henry Morgan and His Buccaneers from Dutton Children's Books Customer Review: I had heard of Henry Morgan and the buccaneers, but did not know much about them before I read this book. "Terror of the Spanish Main" presents a wealth of information in an entertaining and understanding way. Some of the parts that I found most interesting include the following: 1. What was... |
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Virginia's General: Robert E. Lee and the Civil War from Atheneum Books Customer Review: As if often the case with any examination of the life and military career of Robert E. Lee, author Albert Marrin begins "Virginia's General" with the pivotal date of April 18, 1861, when Lee rejected taking battlefield command of the United States Army. Lee is the most revered general in American... |
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Airman's War from Atheneum Books |
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Stalin from Viking Kestrel |
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Plains Warrior : Chief Quanah Parker and the Comanches from Atheneum Customer Review: Quanah Parker led a life that no novelist could ever haveinvented. His mother,Cynthia Ann Parker, was only nine when a Comanchewar party swept down on her family's frontier farm, killed her parents and grandparents before her eyes, and carried her off into captivity. By the time she was grown, she... |
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The War for Independence: The Story of the American Revolution from Atheneum Books Customer Review: I believe that Albert Marrin did a wonderful job in presenting the American Revolution. This book creates a vivid picture of the war and the struggles of the individuals involved in the war. |
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The Sea King : Sir Francis Drake and His Times from Atheneum |
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Unconditional Surrender : U. S. Grant and the Civil War from Atheneum Customer Review: If you have a child or young teen who wants to explore the fascinating and misunderstood General Grant, then this is the premiere offering. Marrin has done an excellent job in illuminating Grant's complex life, but he does it in an interesting and understated way. The text is basically error-free... |
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Mao-Tse-Tung and His China from Kestrel Pr |
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Dr. Jenner and the Speckled Monster: The Search for the Smallpox Vaccine from Dutton Books Price: $12.23 |
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AZTECS AND SPANIARDS from Atheneum Customer Review: This book gives some fascinating information about the daily life of the Aztecs and their neighbors before the Spanish conquest. Marrin succeeds at writing in an unbiased manner, even when it comes to describing horrifying events such as Aztec ritual human sacrifice. The narrative moves along... |
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Struggle for a Continent: The French and Indian Wars, 1690-1760 from Atheneum Books |
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America and Vietnam: The Elephant and the Tiger from Beautiful Feet Bks Price: $13.95 Customer Review: I learned about the politics of war for the people in Vietnam, and the price paid for actions taken by those in power. It also explained the reactions of all those involved. |
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George Washington & the Founding of a Nation from Dutton Books Price: $10.19 Customer Review: Marrin's book is history at its most entertaining and enlightening! Although targeted at young adults, I would also recommend it to many adult readers. As someone who has read numerous "serious" history books that are frequently so dry and obtuse as to be inaccessable to the average reader, I... |
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Victory in the Pacific from Beautiful Feet Books Price: $13.95 Customer Review: Victory In The Pacific is the exciting story of a dreadful war, that only a handful of books have captured and have done justice to. It is not the story of a make believe world, but a real and imperfect world. It is the story of two prideful and very different nations with different ideals. On... |
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The SECRET ARMIES from Atheneum |
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Napoleon and the Napoleonic Wars from Puffin Books Customer Review:  I have been pleased with some of the other books by Albert Marrin. This book is an OK read. It is neither a great nor poor read. One learns about Napoleon Bonaparte and the world he created in France and Continental Europe. Since this is a short book, Marrin had to shorten some of the depth on this... |
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Overlord: D-Day and the Invasion of Europe from Atheneum Customer Review: Overlord is a great book for anyone, young or old, to learn about the event of D-Day. Albert Marrin does a good job at keeping Overlord interesting and up-beat. A must-read for WWII buffs |
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Stalin: Russia's Man of Steel from Puffin Customer Review: Marrin always does a superior job of boiling down the essentials of an aspect of history. In this book, he examines Stalin and his bloody regime in Russia. In this book, Stalin is examined as a rebel, politician, leader, father, and dictator. Marrin is right when he states that in terms of body... |
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