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Author Armstrong, Jennifer, 1961-

Title The century for young people / Peter Jennings, Todd Brewster ; adapted by Jennifer Armstrong ; photographs edited by Katherine Bourbeau.

Publication Info. New York, N.Y. : Random House, [1999]
©1999

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 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Children's Department  J909.82 JEN    Storage
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Children's Department  J909.82 JEN    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Children's Department  J909.82 JEN    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  909.82 JENNINGS    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 909.82 JENNINGS    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Juvenile Nonfiction  J 909.82 ARMSTRONG    Check Shelf
 Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 909.82 JENNINGS    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J REF 909.82 JEN    In-Library Use Only
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department  J909.82 JENNINGS    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Children's Nonfiction  J 909.82 JENNINGS c.2  Check Shelf

Description 245 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 28 cm
Note "A Doubleday book for young readers."
Includes index.
Contents Seeds of change 1901-1914 -- Shell shock 1914-1919 -- Boom to bust 1920-1929 -- Stormy weather 1929-1936 -- Over the edge 1936-1941 -- Global nightmare 1941-1945 -- An uneasy peace 1946-1952 -- Mass markets 1953-1961 -- Into the streets 1961-1969 -- Years of doubt 1969-1981 -- New morning 1981-1989 -- Machine dreams 1989-1999.
Summary An adaptation of the bestselling adult version of The Century, offering young Americans a unique look at the past 100 years, via not only archival material but through the eyes of the people who lived through it.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.6 12.0 34800.
Subject History, Modern -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
History, Modern -- 20th century -- Pictorial works.
History, Modern -- 20th century.
Twentieth century.
Added Author Jennings, Peter, 1938-2005 Century.
Brewster, Todd. Century.
Bourbeau, Katherine.
ISBN 0385327080
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