Life : Our Century in Pictures for Young People

, by Stolley, Richard B.; Sklansky, Amy E.

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ISBN: 9780316815772 | 0316815772
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 6/1/2000

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Drawing from "LIFE" magazine and the greatest photo archives of our time, "Our Century in Pictures for Young People" chronicles the past 100 years, with more than 350 spellbinding images in color and black and white collected within these pages. The book spans the 20th century in nine epochs, and nine notable children's authors contribute an essay on each period.

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Editor's Note: Dust Bowls and Other Dreams	p. vi
1900-1913: Across the Threshold	p. 1
"The Dawn of the American Century"	p. 2
Turning Point: Titanic and Beyond	p. 19
Requiem: Mark Twain, Harriet Tubman, Geronimo, Susan B. Anthony	p. 21
1914-1919: The War to End All Wars	p. 23
"A New Kind of War"	p. 24
Turning Point: The American Musical	p. 33
Requiem: Buffalo Bill, Booker T. Washington, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Frank Woolworth...	p. 43
1920-1929: All That Glitters	p. 45
"Get Hot!"	p. 46
Turning Point: Closing the Gender Gap	p. 53
Requiem: Lizzie Borden, Enrico Caruso, Wyatt Earp, Alexander Graham Bell...	p. 63
1930-1939: Empty Pockets	p. 65
"Years of Hilarity and Heartbreak"	p. 66
Turning Point: The Fugitive Kind	p. 77
Requiem: Thomas Edison, Amelia Earhart, Sigmund Freud, George Gershwin...	p. 89
1940-1945: World on Fire	p. 91
"The Home Front"	p. 92
Turning Point: Conquest of the Atom	p. 115
Requiem: Beatrix Potter, Lou Gehrig, F. Scott Fitzgerald, George Washington Carver...	p. 119
1946-1963: Spreading the Wealth	p. 121
"Changes"	p. 122
Turning Point: Struggle for Respect	p. 139
Requiem: Robert Frost, James Dean, Eva Peron, Frank Lloyd Wright...	p. 155
1964-1975: Dissent and Disobedience	p. 157
"Years of Turbulence"	p. 158
Turning Point: Exploring the Heavens	p. 175
Requiem: Roberto Clemente, Che Guevara, Oskar Schindler, J. R. R. Tolkien...	p. 183
1976-1992: A Global Burst of Freedom	p. 185
"Liberty for All"	p. 186
Turning Point: Shrinking the World	p. 197
Requiem: Bob Marley, Dr. Seuss, Alfred Hitchcock, Jim Henson...	p. 209
1993-1999: OurFuture.com	p. 213
"Good Wins Out"	p. 214
Turning Point: Origin of the Species	p. 223
Requiem: Jerry Garcia, John F. Kennedy Jr., Arthur Ashe, Mother Teresa...	p. 228
Index to Pictures	p. 230
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