New Releases by Sterling North

Preface In the immediate aftermath of a devastating calamity, the fractures experienced by an organization or community are often psychological as much as they are structural. The sudden disruption of normalcy plunges individuals into profound uncertainty, where the primal human needs for safety, reassurance, and a palpable sense of connection become paramount. This work, titled "Leadership Speech in the Aftermath of a Calamity," presents a critical examination of crisis communication serving as emotional scaffolding during such turbulent times. The speech included herein underscores a fundamental tenet of crisis management: before physical reconstruction can effectively commence, the restoration of trust and the establishment of a secure psychological baseline must take precedence. It highlights how strategic leadership functions not merely as operational command, but as the essential unifying force, bridging the paralyzing gap between individual shock and collective action. By prioritizing the immediate well-being of constituents and fostering an environment of deep solidarity, the leader transforms isolated vulnerability into shared resilience. This work exemplifies how articulating a shared vision of recovery, grounded in empathy and flexible planning, empowers individuals to look beyond the immediate ruins. Ultimately, it illuminates the indispensability of integrative leadership - the unique capability to coalesce diverse anxieties into a singular, powerful resolve, thereby guiding a community through the crucible of tragedy toward a future that is not only restored but fortified through mutual effort.

The early life of George Washington in a new, illustrated edition of the classic biography by Sterling North. Before he became the first president of the United States, George Washington was a frontiersman. North fully captures the spirit of the man as he examines Washington''s childhood in colonial Virginia, his work as a teenage surveyor, his early experiences as a member of the Virginia militia, and his many adventures before the American Revolution. The fully rounded man who emerges from this captivating portrait is uncomfortable with words, shy around women, completely at home in the outdoors, and deeply in love with the country he helped found.

Sarah Brailsford hurried through the April downpour holding her lantern with its shining reflector high above her and picking her way among the puddles which gleamed in the lantern light. Now and then she would stop to listen or would hallo in her sweet, anxious voice, Stanley! Oh, Stan! The lantern cast gigantic shadows behind each boulder, fence-post and clump of hazel bushes as she splashed along between the rushing buggy ruts with an unreasonable panic in her heart. The willow branches from the trees beside the ditch whipped wetly across her face and shoulders. She brushed them aside without stopping and crossed the bridge over the flooded creek. She lowered her head to fight the mounting wind, and labored up the hill through muddy torrents until she stood at last beneath the giant cottonwood with half the world below her. Then as she rested, panting from her climb, the distant lightning flared and the panic left her. This version includes new illustrations.

Tom Sawyer is among the best-known, most-loved characters in American fiction. As everyone remembers, he and Huck Finn camped on an island, got lost in a cave, and visited an old graveyard at midnight. These adventures were based upon the author''s real boyhood experiences along the Mississippi River. Trace Mark Twain''s life from 1835, when his birth was heralded by Halley''s Comet, to 1910, when the comet returned upon his death, in this fascinating biography by Newbery Honor author Sterling North.

Presents the life of the American inventor, discussing his childhood, first work as a telegrapher, early inventions, and his later celebrity as the creator of the lightbulb and the phonograph.

Rascal is only a baby when young Sterling brings him home. He and the mischievous raccoon are best friends for a perfect year of adventure—until the spring day when everything suddenly changes. A Newbery Honor Book

In the nineteenth-century midwest, a young boy adopts a wolf whelp and gains the attention and friendship of the Swedish-American naturalist Thure Kumlien.

From the moment the little black lamb is born, the life of a lonesome ten-year-old orphan centers around his struggle to keep and protect it, although God and proud, religious Granny Kinkaid seem to be against him.

Describes in text and drawings the sights and sounds of woodland wildlife awakening as spring begins.

The adventures of young Sterling and his pets, especially the orphaned baby racoon Rascal.

The author''s carfree life in a small midwestern town at the close of World War I, and his adventures with his pet raccoon, Rascal.