New Releases by Rhoda Blumberg

Relates the adventures of York, a slave and "body servant" to William Clark, who journeyed west with the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804-1806.

Any person who leaves the country to go to another and later returns will be put to death. This was the law in Japan in the early 1800s. When fourteen-year-old Manjiro, working on a fishing boat to help support his family, was shipwrecked three hundred miles away from his homeland, he was heartbroken to think that he would never again be able to go home. So when an American whaling boat rescued him, Manjiro decided to do what no other Japanese person had ever done: He went to America, where he received an education and took part in events that eventually made him a hero in the Land of the Rising Sun.

Discusses the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 and the political maneuverings of Napoleon and Jefferson that made it possible.

Influenced both by the Gold Rush and the Civil War, America came to realize that a link to the far West was vital. In the mid-1800s, the Union Pacific railroad company, along with their rival, the Central Pacific company, raced to cover the most ground before meeting at Promontory Summit, Utah in 1869. Blumberg vividly evokes the people, places, danger and perseverance surrounding an American milestone. Over 70 period illus. Young Adult.

Explains how the new-fashioned outfit, bloomers, helped Amelia Bloomer, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony spread the word about women's rights.

Describes the emigration of people from the East Coast of the United States and from foreign countries to California to pursue the dream of discovering gold.

Jumbo, with his friend and trainer Matthew Scott, the giant African elephant leaves his home at the London Zoo and becomes part of the P.T. Barnum Circus.

An account of the historic adventures and achievements of the great British explorer and discoverer of Australia, Hawaii, and other Pacific Ocean lands and peoples.

Describes the expedition led by Lewis and Clark to explore the unknown western regions of America at the beginning of the nineteenth century.

Details Commodore Matthew Perry's role in opening Japan's closed society to world trade in the 1850s, one of history's most significant diplomatic achievements.

A detailed travel guide outlining travel arrangements, moon history, places of interest, and other pertinent information for lunar visitors.

Clears up common misconceptions about animals, plants, history, inventions, health, food, sports, weather, and the human body.

A humorous dictionary of real and imaginary monsters of the world throughout history.

Recounts the origins and history of devils and demons and their dealings with mankind, including sorcery, witchcraft, exorcism, and devil worship.

An assortment of unusual miscellanea, compiled under the headings Pets, Habits, Inventions, Color, Laws, Fads and Fashion, Money, and Hoaxes.

UFO sightings are traced from earliest times to the present with explanations presented in terms of natural phenomena or military and scientific activities.

Introduces the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of different varieties of sharks.

Describes witches and witchcraft in history and in fiction from ancient times up to the modern resurgence of the "witch business."

Discusses famine, its causes, how new technology can be applied to food production, and how people throughout the world can cooperate to alleviate starvation.