1919 The Year That Changed America
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Overview
WINNER OF THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
1919 was a world-shaking year. America was recovering from World War I and black soldiers returned to racism so violent that that summer would become known as the Red Summer. The suffrage movement had a long-fought win when women gained the right to vote. Laborers took to the streets to protest working conditions; nationalistic fervor led to a communism scare; and temperance gained such traction that prohibition went into effect. Each of these movements reached a tipping point that year.
Now, one hundred years later, these same social issues are more relevant than ever. Sandler traces the momentum and setbacks of these movements through this last century, showing that progress isn’t always a straight line and offering a unique lens through which we can understand history and the change many still seek.
Commercial non-fiction with unique past/present approach: This genre of really interesting and hooky non-fiction is a sweet spot for Bloomsbury. Martin Sandler is a prolific, award-winning author known for nonfiction with a unique approach, this time examining historical and current events side-by-side.
Publishing opportunity with the centennial: The year 1919 is heralded as of the most important years in American history, and we’ll be publishing this book on its 100th anniversary, in 2019. Incredibly timely in our current political environment, this book will be a helpful tool for educators seeking to put today’s current events in historical perspective.
Highlights many important historical subjects: Each chapter will focus on one major change/movement from 1919--The Red Scare, Prohibition, women’s suffrage, civil rights, the labor strikes--while also showing how current events are directly influenced by it.
Full of sidebars, timelines, and photographs: This highly designed book--most similar to Sandler’s Imprisoned--will contain sidebars with additional information (i.e. smaller events like The Black Sox Scandal), timelines showing major events surrounding each theme, and a variety of visuals and photographs.
Award-winning author: Martin has received multiple starred reviews and awards for his work, and we’ve had fantastic Scholastic support for his previous titles with sales at 15,000 per book. His accessible writing and extensive research is extremely well-loved and respected.
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.
Well researched and presented in an attractive manner, Sandler’s text delivers a solid look at a pivotal year.
[C]lear, cogent text with many well-chosen archival photos. . . . An intriguing look back at America in 1919.
Sandler’s narrative skill and eye for detail, and the abundant archival photos throughout, make for an engrossing resource.
Engaging and highly readable.
Sandler illuminates the relevance of history . . . Discover: this centennial look at a fraught year in U.S. history makes a valiant case for 1919’s outsize significance.
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.
Though written for teenagers, this album-size volume lends itself to coffee-table enjoyment for adults, who may naturally feel some connection to the numerous photographs of John, Paul, George and Ringo.
Here this delicate topic is handled with sensitivity and insight. . . . A must-have for any library collection.
Beautifully illustrated with well-chosen photographs and other documents, this handsome book offers a clear view of an episode in American history that still receives too little focus.
- Title: 1919 The Year That Changed America
- Author: Martin W. Sandler
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books
- Print Publication Date: 2019
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 192
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781547605767, 9781681198019, 1681198010, 1547605766
- Resource ID: LLS:9781547605767
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T15:18:23Z
Martin W. Sandler is the award-winning author of 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, 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.