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Author:

Corrigan, Jim.

Title:

The 1910s decade in photos : a decade that shook the world / Jim Corrigan.

Publisher:

Enslow Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

64 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

History, Modern--20th century--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Nineteen tens--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 60) and index.

Contents:

Welcome to the 1910s -- Titanic tragedy shocks the world -- A new party in politics -- Immigrants arrive in record numbers -- Paying income tax -- Hollywood produces feature films -- The Great War begins -- Americans die in Lusitania sinking -- U.S. troops pursue Pancho Villa -- Jazz soothes the nation -- America enters World War I -- Revolution in Russia -- American aces join the air war -- A trying time for sports -- President Wilson proposes peace -- First woman elected to Congress -- New authors, new ideas -- Deadly flu kills millions -- Treaty of Versailles brings an uneasy peace -- Congress rejects the League of Nations.

Summary:

"Middle school readers will find out about the important world, national, and cultural developments of the decade 1910-1919"--Provided by publisher.

Series:

Amazing decades in photos

ISBN:

0766031306
9780766031302

OCLC:

(OCoLC)261404113

LCCN:

2008042902

Locations:

JLPF081 -- Ericson Public Library (Boone)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

AHPD597 -- Chariton Public Library (Chariton)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

KQPC446 -- Winfield Public Library (Winfield)