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-- American sailor's firsthand account of Pearl Harbor[2017]., William Morrow Call No: HI-INT B STR Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The first memoir published by a survivor of the USS Arizona and perhaps the most extraordinary account ever to emerge from the Pearl Harbor attack: 94-year old Donald Stratton's moment-by-moment account of survival on December 7, 1941, and his inspiring return to the fight."--Provided by publisher.
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c2009., Pre-adolescent, Enslow Elementary Call No: 973.3 MICKLOS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Revolutionary War librarySummary Note: A brief study of the American Revolution, how it started, and how the Americans were able to win over the British.
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[2018]., Adolescent, Atheneum Call No: Historical Fiction FIC GUT Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In early 1940s Los Angeles, Mexican Americans Marisela and Lorena work in canneries all day then jitterbug with sailors all night with their zoot suit wearing younger brother, Ray, as escort until the night racial violence leads to murder. Includes historical note.
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[2018]., Adolescent, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: Historical Fic Engle Edition: First edition. Genre: Historical Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: In early 1940s Los Angeles, Mexican Americans Marisela and Lorena work in canneries all day then jitterbug with sailors all night with their zoot suit wearing younger brother, Ray, as escort until the night racial violence leads to murder. Includes historical note.
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2017., Skyhorse Publishing Call No: REALISTIC F PON Edition: First Skyhorse edit Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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c2011., Juvenile, Bearport Pub. Call No: 359.5 40973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Becoming a soliderSummary Note: Aboard a ship, a team of recruits heard a loud explosion followed by gunfire. One recruit fell to the floor, wounded. His teammates quickly put him on a stretcher. Then, in the darkness, they maneuvered the stretcher through narrow passageways and around fallen objects. After much effort, they finally found a safe location. Luckily this wasn't a real enemy attack. It was a navy training exercise. Learn more about what it takes for civilians to become sailors in the U.S. Navy.
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2014., Roaring Brook Press Call No: U S HISTORY Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes the fifty black sailors who refused to work in unsafe and unfair conditions after an explosion in Port Chicago killed 320 servicemen, and how the incident influenced civil rights.
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2014., Pre-adolescent, Roaring Brook Press Call No: Civil Rights NF SHE Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes the fifty black sailors who refused to work in unsafe and unfair conditions after an explosion in Port Chicago killed 320 servicemen, and how the incident influenced civil rights.
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2014., Juvenile, Roaring Brook Press Call No: 940.54 53 08996073079463 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: Investigates the true story of the Port Chicago Navy base, which in World War II was used as a bomb-loading base for the Navy in the Pacific. Segregation was in effect, and every serviceman loading the bombs was black. When an explosion due to unsafe working conditions killed over three hundred servicemen, fifty black sailors refused to return to work until the unsafe conditions were dealt with, launching an early event in the civil rights movement.
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2014., Juvenile, Roaring Brook Press Call No: HI-INT 940.54 SHE Edition: First edition. Availability:6 of 6 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Investigates the true story of the Port Chicago Navy base, which in World War II was used as a bomb-loading base for the Navy in the Pacific. Segregation was in effect, and every serviceman loading the bombs was black. When an explosion due to unsafe working conditions killed over three hundred servicemen, fifty black sailors refused to return to work until the unsafe conditions were dealt with, launching an early event in the civil rights movement.
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2014., Roaring Brook Press Call No: 940.54 5308996073079463 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In July 1944 an explosion at a California navy base killed hundreds of sailors loading munitions. Fifty black seamen, refusing to resume work in unsafe conditions, were charged with mutiny, facing decades in jail and even execution.
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2014., Juvenile, Roaring Brook Press Call No: 940.54 SHEINKIN Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Investigates the true story of the Port Chicago Navy base, which in World War II was used as a bomb-loading base for the Navy in the Pacific. Segregation was in effect, and every serviceman loading the bombs was black. When an explosion due to unsafe working conditions killed over three hundred servicemen, fifty black sailors refused to return to work until the unsafe conditions were dealt with, launching an early event in the civil rights movement.
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-- Port Chicago fifty2014., Juvenile, Roaring Brook Press Call No: 940.54 SHE Edition: First edtion. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents an account of the 1944 civil rights protest involving hundreds of African-American Navy servicemen who were unjustly charged with mutiny for refusing to work in unsafe conditions after the deadly Port Chicago explosion.
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-- Port Chicago fifty2017., Juvenile, Square Fish, Roaring Brook Press Call No: 940.54 SHEINKIN Edition: First Square Fish edition. Availability:1 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents an account of the 1944 civil rights protest involving hundreds of African-American Navy servicemen who were unjustly charged with mutiny for refusing to work in unsafe conditions after the deadly Port Chicago explosion.
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-- Port Chicago FiftyÃ2014, Pre-adolescent, Square Fish/Roaring Brook Press Call No: 940.54 53 089 96 073 0794 63 Edition: 1st Square Fish ed.: 2017. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes the fifty black sailors who refused to work in unsafe and unfair conditions after an explosion in Port Chicago killed 320 servicemen, and how the incident influenced civil rights.
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-- Port Chicago Fifty2014., Pre-adolescent, Roaring Brook Press Call No: 940.54 53 08996073 0794 63 Edition: 1st ed. 2014. Availability:2 of 3 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes the fifty black sailors who refused to work in unsafe and unfair conditions after an explosion in Port Chicago killed 320 servicemen, and how the incident influenced civil rights.
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-- Port Chicago fifty2017., Juvenile, Square Fish, Roaring Brook Press Call No: 940.54 SHEINKIN Edition: First Square Fish edition. Availability:17 of 17 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents an account of the 1944 civil rights protest involving hundreds of African-American Navy servicemen who were unjustly charged with mutiny for refusing to work in unsafe conditions after the deadly Port Chicago explosion.
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c2009., Juvenile, Capstone Press Call No: 359.3 30973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Pebble plus. People of the U.S. Armed ForcesSummary Note: This book is a brief introduction to a sailor's life in the Navy, including training, jobs, and life after service.
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2008., Capstone Press Call No: 359.3 30973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: People of the U.S. Armed ForcesSummary Note: A brief introduction to a sailor's life in the Navy, including training, jobs, and life after service