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Martin W. Sandler is the award-winning author of 1919 The Year That Changed Anerica, Imprisoned, Lincoln Through the Lens, The Dust Bowl Through the Lens, and Kennedy Through the Lens. He has won five Emmy Awards for his writing for television and is the author of more than sixty books, two of which have been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and four of which were YALSA-Nonfiction Award finalists. Sandler has taught American history and American studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and at Smith College, and lives in Massachusetts.
Sandler's prose is vigorous, impassioned, and carefully contextualized. . . . A fascinating story, augmented by numerous attractive archival images. An entertaining and instructive look at a tumultuous year. * Kirkus Reviews * Well researched and presented in an attractive manner, Sandler's text delivers a solid look at a pivotal year. * School Library Journal * Sandler's narrative skill and eye for detail, and the abundant archival photos throughout, make for an engrossing resource. -- Publishers Weekly As welcome as some of 1919's beginnings might have been...many of the archival photos in 1919 capture a sense of turmoil...Sandler, a prolific historian for young readers, includes timelines that run through the present day in an effort to put the events of 1919 in historical context. * Wall Street Journal *
