The Spanish-American War (America at War) - Hardcover

Michael Golay

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9780816031740: The Spanish-American War (America at War)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816031746 ISBN 13: 9780816031740

Publisher: Facts on File, 1995

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A narrative account of the Spanish American War, covering the origins of dispute between the United States and Spain over Cuba, profiles of the key figures, and descriptions of major battles.

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About the Author:

Michael Golay has a master's degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Indiana, USA. He is a freelance writer and journalist who has worked for newspapers on both the East and West Coasts. He is the author of other works on U.S. history, including To Gettysburg and Beyond; A Ruined Land: The End to the Civil War, which was a finalist for the prestigious Lincoln Prize in American History in 2000; and Facts On File's Critical Companion to William Faulkner.

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Gr 6-10--In just over 100 pages, Golay has chronicled the causes, major events, and crucial military strategies of the Spanish-American War, including the conflict's effects on the course of American history. Like other titles in the series, this book has a lengthy index; many enlightening archival photos, reproductions, and maps; and frequent, well-integrated quotations from primary sources, including some quotes from soldiers in battle. The terse, fact-filled narrative may be less engaging than Albert Marrin's The Spanish-American War (Atheneum, 1991) or Don Lawson's The United States in the Spanish-American War (Abelard-Schuman, 1976), both of which devote more space to the war's leaders, but it is a solid, well-researched account.

Phyllis Graves, Creekwood Middle School, Kingwood, TX

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