First Generation: 36 Trailblazing Immigrants and Refugees Who Make America Great

ISBN-13: 9780316515245 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 96 str.

Sandra Neil Wallace; Rich Wallace; Agata Nowicka

Opis

In the tradition of New York Times bestsellers Rad American Women A-Z and Women in Science comes a book celebrating the diversity and contributions of 36 immigrants and refugees to the United States of America.

Recenzje

A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2018

A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2018

A Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Selection 2019

O autorze

Investigative journalists Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace are award-winning novelists and nonfiction authors of books like Blood Brother: Jonathan Daniels and His Sacrifice for Civil Rights and Bound by Ice: A True North Pole Survival Story. Sandra is a former news anchor and ESPN sportscaster. The daughter of a refugee, she became a US citizen in 2016. Rich was a longtime senior editor at Highlights magazine. Both Sandra and Rich are members of the advisory council for the Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College and are founding members of the Keene Immigrant and Refugee Partnership. They live in New Hampshire.