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Firme, Tom

Summary: "Learn about the history of World War I (1914-1918) in this volume of History Summarized. Each volume in this series concisely surveys a major historical event or interrelated series of events or a major cultural, economic, political, or social movement." -- Back cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, Inc. 2018

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Friddell, Claudia

Summary: "Led by twenty-five-year-old Grace Banker, thirty-two telephone operators -- affectionately called Hello Girls back in the US -- became the first female combatants in World War I. Follow Grace Banker's journey from her busy life as a telephone switchboard trainer in New York to her pioneering role as the Chief Operator of the 1st Unit of World War I telephone operators in the battlefields of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BAN

Sherman, Jill

Summary: Details the trials and successes of the Harlem Hellfighters, the most famous black regiment in World War I, from the perspectives of those involved. Additional features include a bullet-point summary of the events, compelling narrative descriptions, primary source quotes and accompanying source notes, questions to spark critical thinking, sources to guide further research, historical...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 SHE

Henzel, Cynthia Kennedy

Summary: Details the major battles on the western front as well as the dynamics of trench warfare from the perspectives of those involved. Additional features include a bullet-point summary of the events, compelling narrative descriptions, primary source quotes and accompanying source notes, questions to spark critical thinking, sources to guide further research, historical photographs, informative...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.4 HEN

Swain, Gwenyth

Summary: Describes World War I, using the reader's choices to reveal historical details from the perspectives of a Belgian resistance fighter, a British soldier, and an American Field Service volunteer.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2012

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.3 SWA

Hale, Nathan

Summary: "World War I set the tone for the 20th century and introduced a new type of warfare: global, mechanical, and brutal. Nathan Hale has gathered some of the most fascinating true-life tales from the war and given them his inimitable Hazardous Tales twist. Easy to understand, funny, informative, and lively, this series is the best way to be introduced to some of the most well-known battles (and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2014

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Adams, Simon

Summary: Provides an eyewitness account of the war that devastated Europe, from the assassination of an archduke to the killing fields of France. New Look! Relaunched with new jackets and 8 pages of new text! Here is an original and exciting guide to the grim challenge of life or death on the Western Front. Devastating first-hand reports and contemporary photographs of the battles that slaughtered...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2004

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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 940.3 ADA

Freedman, Russell.

Contents: Murder in Sarajevo -- Armed to the teeth -- To Berlin! To Paris! -- "The most terrible August in the history of the world" -- Stalemate -- The technology of death and destruction -- Life and death in the trenches -- Over the top -- The Battle of Verdun -- The Battle of the Somme -- The war at sea -- Mutiny, revolution, and the collapse of armies -- "Lafayette, we are here!" America joins the...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2010

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Gregory, Josh.

Summary: Describes the history, battles, and major players of the first world war.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.3 GRE

Adams, Simon

Summary: Learn all about military vehicles and tank warfare, the first ever gas attacks used during a war and Armistice, and peace after four years of fighting.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2023

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Rasmussen, R. Kent.

Summary: Explores the defining conflict that involved all the world's superpowers--including how it began, what a soldier's daily life was like, the role of zeppelins, key figures, and how it ended--and features hands-on activities that illuminate both the war and the times.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.4 RAS

Adams, Simon

Summary: An up-close look at World War I examines life in the trenches and the devastation of Europe by the Great War.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2007

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.3 ADAMS

Brocklehurst, Ruth.

Summary: An overview of World War I discusses the reasons behind the conflict, its effect on countries all over the world, the major battles fought, and the aftermath.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne Pub. 2007

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Adams, Simon

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 2001

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 940.3 ROS

Pratt, Mary K.

Summary: Examines the historical and cultural events preceding and following the First World War, along with the social implications and technological and strategic advances of the time.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.3 PRA

Dowswell, Paul

Summary: The First World War destroyed 21 million lives. It conjures up images of barbed wire, muddy trenches, blasted tree trunks and shell-pocked battlefields. This book asks what caused it, what it was like to fight, and why it is still remembered with horror a hundred years after it began.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2014

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Freedman, Russell.

Summary: "Examines World War I, the first global war in which modern weapons inflicted mass slaughter and an estimated 20 million people were killed."--Amazon.com.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 2010

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.3 FRE

Medina, Nico

Summary: "In 1914, the assassination of an Austrian archduke set off a disastrous four-year-long conflict involving dozens of countries with battles taking place in all parts of the world. World War I was the first to use planes and tanks as well as deadly gases that left soldiers blinded or "shell shocked" (a condition now called Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome). There were battles that lasted for...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.3 MED

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.3 MED

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT World What Medina

Dowswell, Paul.

Summary: The two world wars of 1914 -1918 and 1939 -1945 cast a malevolent shadow over the entire 20th Century. This book takes you through the story of both conflicts, from the soldiers' terrifying experiences of the trenches in the First War, to the huge battles and bombing of cities in the second. Stunningly illustrated with dramatic contemporary photographs, paintings, posters and maps, this is an...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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