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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.4 HENSummary: It's 1916 and British Captain Fred Roberts and his detachment of Sherwood Foresters discover an abandoned printing press in the ruins of Ypres, Belgium. Roberts has an idea: he will produce a newspaper to raise the spirits of his soldiers, taking their minds off 'the attentions of Messrs Hun and Co.' They call it The Wipers Times, after the army slang for Ypres, and fill it with spoofs, jokes,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA WIPMurphy, Jim
Summary: Describes the Christmas truce that occurred along Western Front trenches in 1914 and features quotations from young men on both sides, a timeline, and additional source material.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.421 MURMacDonald, Lyn
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.42 MACSummary: Six episodes of the British comedy serial about Edmund Blackadder in the 20th century serving at the western front in World War I.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2001
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV BLAAsprey, Robert B.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.4 ASPSummary: Based on the true story of three armies in the bloody trenches of World War I and the miraculous Christmas Eve truce they unexpectedly forge.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JOY RATED PG-13Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF JOYVaughan, Edwin Campion
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: H. Holt 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.431 VAULowry, Chag
Summary: Based on the true-life story of Yurok men called to serve in World War I, this story follows three cousins as they struggle with being combat soldiers on the Western Front.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Great Oak Press 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 LOWBoyne, John
Summary: In September 1919, twenty-year-old Tristan Sadler travels from London to Norwich to deliver letters to Marian Bancroft. Marian's brother, Will,fought alongside Tristan in the Great War until he was shot as a traitor. But Tristan has more than just letters to give to Marian. He also has a secret to tell her, if he can find the courage.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC 2012
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC BOYMead, Gary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.4 MEASummary: A collection of writings by the world's foremost military historians shed new light on the causes, events, campaigns, personalities, and repercussions of World War I, including essays by such authors as Thomas Fleming, Robert Wohl, and Sir Michael Howard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.4 GRESpencer, Sally.
Summary: Surrounded by young men less than half his age, Inspector Blackstone must face the horror of modern warfare and the prejudices of the officer class if he is to gain justice for the murdered grandson of a British general.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SPEO'Shea, Stephen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker and Co. 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.4144 OSHEStevenson, D. (David)
Summary: This book brings attention to the war's ominous end--the Allies incomplete victory , and the tragic ramifications for world peace just two decades later. It addresses the role of the Russian Revolution, industrial mobilization, economics, logistics and technological innovation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Belknap Pres s of Harvard University Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.434 STESummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: The development of the arts in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern era is an astonishing record of cultural achievement, from the breathtaking architecture of Gothic cathedrals to the daring visual experiments of the Cubist painters. We all have our favorite artists, periods, or styles from this immensely rich tradition, but how many of us truly know the full sweep of European art? How...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005