The War to End All Wars: World War I
"Elegantly written and filled with vivid, powerful photographs, this masterful work demands a spot in every collection." —School Library Journal, starred review The nonfiction master Russell Freedman illuminates for young readers the complex and rarely discussed subject of World War I. In this...
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"Elegantly written and filled with vivid, powerful photographs, this masterful work demands a spot in every collection." —School Library Journal, starred review The nonfiction master Russell Freedman illuminates for young readers the complex and rarely discussed subject of World War I. In this clear and authoritative account, the author shows the ways in which the seeds of a second world war were sown in the first. Numerous archival photographs give the often disturbing subject matter a moving visual counterpart.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780544021716 (0544021711)
ASIN: 544021711
Publish date: April 2nd 2013
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
For my review of the audiobook, which lead me to try the print version, please see here. Um...is this the same book? I had to make sure and I almost went so far as to re-checkout the audiobook and follow along. This was...good. Really good. If you are looking for a good, introductory text in ...
I'll confess, I don't know WWI like I should, particularly since I'm so interested in its effects on the British home front. So I decided to snag this audiobook from my library's online book site. There was nothing outstanding to tell you it was a YA non-fiction book, though I figured it out quickly...
No need for a plot summary: this is an attempt to cover in 160 pages the entirety of World War I. Practically an impossible task, but I'd say the author did a decent job of it. I don't feel like anything major was entirely neglected, though it was necessarily very brief in parts. Personally, I would...
10 years ago
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