Pearl Harbor: A Primary Source History (In Their Own Words)

Gorman, Jacqueline Laks

ISBN 10: 1433900475 ISBN 13: 9781433900471

Publisher: Gareth Stevens Pub Secondary Lib, 2009

Synopsis

Retells the attack on the Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in 1941, from the perspectives of United States sailors on the ground and through primary source documents.

About this title

From Booklist:

*Starred Review* The In Their Own Words series touts the fact that it uses primary sources—speech and document excerpts, contemporaneous news accounts, etc.—but most of each book’s content is comprised of a narrative text and numerous photos. That’s not a bad thing, however, because the texts themselves are very well-written and pack lots of information into a slim volume. Pearl Harbor begins with the events of December 7, 1941, but succeeding chapters go further back, to the opening of Japan, and Hitler’s war in Europe (though seeds of that conflict get short shrift). Readers get a sense of not just how the war developed but, thanks to the primary sources, what was happening behind the scenes. Decoded Japanese documents are fascinating, and especially moving are the reminiscences of those present on that fateful day. Adding considerable value to the series are the time lines that border each page and the spread of “major figures” with short bios and photographs that conclude each volume. Grades 5-8. --Ilene Cooper

About this edition

• Publisher: Gareth Stevens Pub Secondary Lib
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1433900475
• ISBN 13: 9781433900471
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 48