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Martin W. Sandler

マーティン・ダブリュー・サンドラー

Mātin W. Sandorā

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1933-02-11 （New Bedford, Massachusetts）
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
Quincy, Massachusetts → Stowe, Vermont → Amherst, Massachusetts

Career

Occupations
Author, Historian, Teacher, Television producer, Writer
Active Years
1971-2024
Nominations
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction finalist and others

Education

Providence College
History
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Country: United States
Brown University
History
Degree: Master of Arts
Country: United States

Awards

National Book Award for Young People's Literature
2019
Work: 1919: The Year That Changed America
Organization: National Book Foundation
Result: Winner
Cybils Award (Young Adult Nonfiction)
2013
Work: Imprisoned
Organization: Cybils
Result: Winner
Cybils Award (Junior High Nonfiction)
2019
Work: 1919
Organization: Cybils
Result: Finalist

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Secret Subway

2009 American History

The fascinating tale of an amazing feat of engineering.

SubwayHistory

The Impossible Rescue

2012 American History

The true story of an amazing Arctic adventure.

RescueExploration

Imprisoned

2013 American History

The betrayal of Japanese Americans during World War II.

InternmentHuman Rights

How the Beatles Changed the World

2014 Music History

How the Beatles changed the world.

MusicCulture

1919: The Year That Changed America

2019 American History

The year that changed America.

Historical EventsSocial Change

Bibliography

  • This was Connecticut: Images of a Vanished World
  • Story of American Photography
  • Secret Subway
  • The Impossible Rescue
  • Imprisoned
  • How the Beatles Changed the World
  • Iron Rails, Iron Men, and the Race to Link the Nation
  • The Whydah
  • Apollo 8
  • 1919: The Year That Changed America
  • Race Through the Skies
  • Picturing a Nation
  • Shipwrecked!

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Narrative non-fiction with photographsYoung adult history books
Recurring Motifs
American historyRole of photographyForgotten stories

Legacy

American historian, writer, and teacher, author of more than 50 books on American history and photography. Winner of the 2019 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.