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In 1940, 19-year-old Howard Hewer dreamed of piloting Spitfires or Hurricanes over Europe. His dream was shattered when he was…
selected instead for a career as a wireless operator. He was not to be a pilot, but he would play a vital role in air operations in World War II over Europe and North Africa. Hewer tells the story of his life and adventures in Bomber Command. 2000.In the key of genius: the extraordinary life of Derek Paravicini
By Adam Ockelford. 2008
Music professor Ockelford, who specializes in working with children with disabilities, offers a biography of British pianist Derek Paravicini. Discusses…
Paravicini--who was born prematurely, autistic, and blind--teaching himself to play the keyboard at age two and developing his musical talents, first at home and then in public. 2008.Child soldier: when boys and girls are used in war (CitizenKid)
By Jessica Dee Humphreys, Michel Chikwanine. 2015
It's 1993, and the Democratic Republic of Congo is going through major political changes. Five-year-old Michel is playing with friends…
one day when, without warning, a group of rebel soldiers pulls up to the school grounds. Forced onto trucks, the frightened boys are taken to a camp in the hills. There they are thrust into a terrifying and violent world. Grades 5-8. Winner of the 2017 Red Maple Non-Fiction Award. 2015.From Baghdad, with love: a Marine, the war, and a dog named Lava
By Jay Kopelman, Melinda Roth. 2006
During his tour of duty in Iraq, Kopelman endured the emotional stress common for those involved in bloody battles for…
freedom. Skirting the rules forbidding pets, he and his comrades adopted an abandoned puppy left behind after the battle for Fallujah. The dog, Lava, befriended the Marines and journalists and was eventually smuggled out of Iraq by the soldiers with the help of NPR reporters, John van Zante and the Helen Woodward Animal Center, Iraqi citizens, and the Iams pet food company. 2006.Candy bomber: the story of the Berlin Airlift's "Chocolate Pilot"
By Michael O Tunnell. 2010
"World War II was over, and Berlin was in ruins. US Air Force Lieutenant Gail Halvorsen knew the children of…
the city were suffering. They were hungry and afraid. The young pilot wanted to help, but what could one man in one plane do?" Grades 4-7. c2005.FOB doc: a doctor on the front lines in Afghanistan : a war diary
By Ray Wiss. 2009
Unusually for a Canadian Forces physician, Ray Wiss spent virtually his entire tour in the combat area, at Forward Operating…
Bases - "FOBs" - in Kandahar province, the birthplace of the Taliban and the most intense combat zone in Afghanistan. One day he might be treating severe and bloody injuries and coping with the deaths of fellow soldiers, both Afghans and Canadians; another day he might be facing the challenge of going to the latrine in sub-zero weather. Captain Wiss shares the "terror and boredom" of the front-line soldier's life in this first book by a Canadian veteran of the Afghan war. 2009.Helen Keller: a determined life (Snapshots Ser.)
By Elizabeth MacLeod. 2004
A biography of Helen Keller, "America's First Lady of Courage", and the people and places that figured prominently in her…
life. Includes many well-known facts about Keller's life, and reveals the struggle, sadness, and success Keller experienced over the years. Contains a detailed time line, a useful index, and a list of places to visit. Grades 3-6. 2004.Billy Bishop, Canadian hero: Canadian Hero
By Dan McCaffery. 1988
During World War I, Billy Bishop gained fame as a skilled fighter pilot and became the most decorated war hero…
in Canada. However, over the years, his aviation record has been questioned, especially the number of his "kills". 1988.Generally speaking: the memoirs of Major-General Richard Rohmer
By Richard Rohmer. 2004
Major-General Richard Rohmer, a commander of the Order of Military Merit and an Officer of the Order of Canada, began…
his career in World War II as a top Mustang reconnaissance pilot. He is also a lawyer, litigator, journalist and best-selling author of 28 books. Currently, he is a member of the board of directors of Hollinger Inc. and is arguably Canada's most decorated citizen. 2004.Best of enemies: the last great spy story of the Cold War
By Eric Dezenhall, Gus Russo. 2018
Thousands of women served as codebreakers in World War II, but a vow of secrecy nearly erased them from history.…
Through interviews with the surviving Code Girls, Liza Mundy brings their courageous stories to life. For senior high readers. 2018.Craig & Fred: a Marine, a stray dog, and how they rescued each other
By Craig Grossi. 2017
In 2010 Sergeant Craig Grossi was doing intelligence work for Marine Recon in a remote part of Afghanistan. While on…
patrol, he spotted a young stray dog "with a big goofy head and little legs." Fred not only stole Craig's heart; he won over the Recon fighters, who helped smuggle the dog into Camp Leatherneck. Fred eventually made it to Craig's family in Virginia, where months later, it was Fred's turn to save Craig's life. 2017.Dispatches from the Pacific: the World War II reporting of Robert L. Sherrod
By Ray E Boomhower. 2017
In 1943, Time and Life correspondent Robert L. Sherrod chronicled combat and US marines' day-to-day struggles as they leapfrogged across…
the Central Pacific. While the marines confronted an enemy that at times seemed invincible, those left behind on the American home front relied upon Sherrod's columns for news of their loved ones. 2017.Have dog, will travel: a poet's journey with an exceptional labrador
By Stephen Kuusisto. 2018
In a lyrical love letter to guide dogs everywhere, a blind poet shares his delightful story of how a guide…
dog changed his life and helped him discover a newfound appreciation for travel and independence. Stephen Kuusisto was born legally blind-but he was also raised in the 1950s and taught to deny his blindness in order to "pass" as sighted. Stephen attended public school, rode a bike, and read books pressed right up against his nose. As an adult, he coped with his limited vision by becoming a professor in a small college town, memorizing routes for all of the places he needed to be. Then, at the age of 38, he was laid off. With no other job opportunities in his vicinity, he would have to travel to find work. This is how he found himself at Guiding Eyes paired with a Labrador named Corky. In this vivid and lyrical memoir, Stephen Kuusisto recounts how an incredible partnership with a guide dog changed his life and the heart-stopping, wondrous adventure that began for him in midlife. Profound and deeply moving, this is a spiritual journey, the story of discovering that life with a guide dog is both a method and a state of mind. 2018.Chickenhawk
By Robert Mason. 2015
Fascinated with flying from a young age, Mason earned his private pilot's license even before graduating from high school. He…
enlisted in the Army in 1964 and was eventually sent to Vietnam. He survived more than 1,000 air combat missions despite the violence and brutality exploding all around him. 2015.His father's son: the life of General Ted Roosevelt Jr
By Tim Brady. 2017
Douglas MacArthur: American warrior
By Arthur Herman. 2016
A vivid portrait of the American icon uses new sources to separate the man from the myth, exploring his elevation…
from Major General to his tenure as West Point's superintendent and field marshal of the Philippines and beyond. 2016.Less than a month after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Army formed its first air force designated to…
operate overseas, the Eighth. Within four months, they had set up base in England. Three months later, they were bombing German targets in occupied Europe. The Eighth was the first bomber command on either side to commit to strategic daylight bombing. It was a major change in tactics--and the men of the Eighth paid the price in both lives and blood. But it was that very sacrifice that led the Allies to victory. This story is told through these men, whose careers paralleled the early history of aviation--and who helped to revolutionize airborne warfare and win World War II. 2016.Mitic brings together veterans and active military personnel from across Canada to tell us, in their own words, what it…
means to answer the call of duty. Meet the World War II bomb aimer whose plane engines failed over Hamburg during a raid, the naval signalman who patrolled heavily bombarded waters in Southeast Asia during the Korean War, and the unarmed peacekeeper who found himself standing on a road riddled with mines in Rwanda. From the young recruit who marched over thirty kilometres on a broken leg to prove her mettle, to the three brothers in arms who endured a summer of relentless fighting in Afghanistan, this collection captures the pain and sacrifice, the risks and rewards of standing on guard for Canada. Bestseller. 2017.All for the Union: the Civil War diary and letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes
By Elisha Hunt Rhodes, Robert Hunt Rhodes. 1991
Enlisting as a private in the 2nd Rhode Island Infantry, Elisha Hunt Rhodes fought in every major campaign waged by…
the Army of the Potomac, from Bull Run to Appomattox. Here, in his own powerfully moving words, Rhodes reveals why he was willing to die to preserve his beloved Union. 1991.