Alexander, Caroline (Frank Hurley, photographer) -The Endurance : Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (November 1998) In August 1914, days before the outbreak of the First World War, the renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven set sail for the South Atlantic in pursuit of the last unclaimed prize in the history of exploration: the first crossing on foot of the Antarctic continent. Weaving a treacherous path through the freezing Weddell Sea, they had come within eighty-five miles of their destination when their ship, Endurance, was trapped fast in the ice pack. Soon the ship was crushed like matchwood, leaving the crew stranded on the floes. Their ordeal would last for twenty months, and they would make two near-fatal attempts to escape by open boat before their final rescue. Goodwin, Jason - Lords of the Horizons : A History of the Ottoman Empire(April 1999) Drawing on memoirs by European visitors as well as standard histories of the era, Goodwin traces the Ottoman Empire from its origins in the 14th-century collapse of the Byzantine state to its centuries-long decline and final collapse at the end of World War I. Along the way, he writes of the Ottomans' addiction to wealth (and to hiding their gold in fabulous hoards), the pleasure they took in holding picnics in their lush cemeteries, and the prowess of their elite military both in battle and in organized crime. M. Gail Hickey - Bringing History Home : Local and Family History Projects for Grades K-6(January 1999) Bring history to life with these classroom-ready materials and resources. This book instructs readers how to portray history as experiences, not as facts, to facilitate thinking and reasoning skills, enhance sense of self-worth, and pique students' curiosity. Larson, Erik - Isaac's Storm : A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History (September 1999) I must confess, I did not set out to write a book about the Great Hurricane of 1900. I stumbled across the storm when I began researching a murder that occurred that same year--a murder, I should add, to which my book now devotes only a single sentence. One morning I turned a page of the old New York Journal, and saw photographs of damage that defied description. Having lived through one major hurricane, and several minor ones, I was hooked instantly. The more I learned about the storm and about Isaac Cline, the chief weatherman in Texas and my book's central character, the more I found myself tugged toward Galveston and the extraordinary events of Sept. 8, 1900. That as many as 10,000 people died in Galveston alone seemed inconceivable to me--especially given how little is known of this storm beyond the borders of Texas. - Eric Larson McPhilemy, Sean - The Committee : Political Assassination in Northern Ireland(July 1999) In 1991, McPhilemy produced "The Committee", a sensational documentary for British television that alleged that members of the police and security forces in Northern Ireland were colluding with Loyalist death squads and the terrorist body that controlled them. Now he tells for the first time the full stories behind the murders of Northern Ireland, the making of the documentary, and his experiences since. He spent eight years carefully researching The Committee. The result is a real-life thriller hailed by many experts as the most important book about Northern Ireland ever written. 32 photos. Uys, Errol Lincoln - Riding the Rails: Teenagers on the Move During the Great Depression (July 1999) “Go fend for yourself,” Clarence Lee's father said. "I can't afford to have you around any longer." Like thousands of other teenagers across the country during the Great Depression, the 16-year-old left home, hopped aboard a freight train, and started riding the rails. Drawing on some 3,000 letters, Errol Lincoln Uys has captured the stories of these boxcar boys and girls and the desperation that drove them away from home. Young, Alfred L. - The Shoemaker and the Tea Party: Memory and the American Revolution(June 1999) On December 16, 1773, George Hewes dressed up as an Indian and darkened his skin with coal dust. Before the night was through, he and dozens of others had dumped hundreds of crates of tea into Boston Harbor. In "The Shoemaker and the Tea Party," Alfred L. Young tells Hewes's story--and speculates on the nature of history and memory.
