Pearl Harbor and the Day of Infamy
- 24 Seiten
- 1 Lesestunde
Illustrates the attacks on U.S. ships, planes, and military bases in Hawaii, the Philippines, and Pacific islands - and America's response to them. For ages 10 and up.


Illustrates the attacks on U.S. ships, planes, and military bases in Hawaii, the Philippines, and Pacific islands - and America's response to them. For ages 10 and up.
Based in part on interviews with notable Native Americans-including Adam Fortunate Eagle, Johnny Bear Contreas, and Waneek Horn-Miller-and featuring removable facsimiles of rare documents from U.S. archives and private collections, this is a powerful you-are-there account of American history as seen through the eyes of the people who were here first. Readers will gain a whole new perspective on the past as they share the outlook of those who view the discovery of America as one of history's great tragedies.Facsimile documents include: An issue of "The Cherokee Phoenix" newspaper from 1828 A seventeenth century map of the New World President Lincoln's hand-written pardon of 38 Dakota warriors Top-secret Navajo Code Talker documents from the Second World War And much more "