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Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
She was four city blocks long, boasting the latest, most ingenious safety devices of the age, a French sidewalk cafe, a grand staircase worthy of an opera house, private promenade decks--but only 20 lifeboats for the 2,207 passengers on board. Gliding through the calm sea, the Titanic struck an iceberg--and descended into history. This absorbing book provides a minute-by-minute account of the "unsinkable" Titanic's demise.
5) Causes won, lost, and forgotten: how Hollywood & popular art shape what we know about the Civil War
Author
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
More than 60,000 books have been published on the Civil War. Most Americans, though, get their ideas about the war--why it was fought, what was won, what was lost--not from books but from movies, television, and other popular media. In an engaging and accessible survey, Gary W. Gallagher guides readers through the stories told in recent film and art, showing how these stories have both reflected and influenced the political, social, and racial currents...
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