Remember Pearl Harbor: American and Japanese Survivors Tell Their Stories - Softcover

Allen, Thomas B

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1426322488 ISBN 13: 9781426322488

Publisher: National Geographic Kids, 2015

Synopsis

This landmark volume will provide young readers with valuable insights into both the Japanese and American points of view and demonstrate why people on both sides feel the need to remember Pearl Harbor.

Many people today still remember the infamous morning of December 7, 1941. Compelling narrative laced with first-person accounts from both American and Japanese survivors combines with dramatic archival images and a brief overview to paint a vivid portrait of what it was like to have witnessed, participated in, and lived through the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.

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About the Author

Thomas B. Allen is the author of many books on subjects ranging from military history to espionage to sharks. He has written several acclaimed titles for National Geographic, including Remember Pearl Harbor; George Washington, Spymaster; and Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent. Allen lives in Bethesda, Maryland, where he is a founding member of the Writer's Center. To learn more, visit tballen.com.

ROBERT D. BALLARD is among the most accomplished and well known of the world's deep-sea explorers. He is renowned for his historic discoveries of hydrothermal vents, the sunken RMS Titanic, the German battleship Bismarck, and numerous other contemporary and ancient shipwrecks around the world. During his long career he has conducted more than 120 deep-sea expeditions using the latest in exploration technology, and he is a pioneer in the early use of deep-diving submarines. In 2003, President George W. Bush presented him with the National Humanities Medal in the Oval Office of the White House.

About this edition

• Publisher: National Geographic Kids
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1426322488
• ISBN 13: 9781426322488
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64