Brent Ashabranner (1921–2016)

Autor von Always to Remember: The Story of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

36 Werke 432 Mitglieder 7 Rezensionen

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Brent Ashabranner has written widely on American social history and complex social issues for young readers. Among his many award-winning books, six have been named ALA Notables and three have won the Carter G. Woodson Book Award given annually by the National Council for the Social Studies. Mr. mehr anzeigen Ashabranner has worked in Ethiopia, Libya, and Nigeria for U.S. foreign assistance programs and for the Ford Foundation in the Philippines and Indonesia. He was director of the Peace Corps program in India and deputy director of the Peace Corps in Washington, D.C. Currently Mr. Ashabranner lives in Williamsburg, Virginia. weniger anzeigen

Beinhaltet die Namen: Brent K. Ashabranner, Brent K. Asbabranner

Bildnachweis: photo by Paul Conklin

Werke von Brent Ashabranner

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Always to Remember: The Story of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1988) 71 Exemplare

Gavriel and Jemal: Two Boys of Jerusalem (1984) 34 Exemplare

A Strange and Distant Shore: Indians of the Great Plains in Exile (1996) 27 Exemplare

The Choctaw Code (1966) 21 Exemplare

Grateful Nation (1990) 19 Exemplare

The Lion's Whiskers and Other Ethiopian Tales: Revised Edition (1997) 19 Exemplare

Chief Joseph, War Chief of the Nez Perce (1962) 19 Exemplare

An Ancient Heritage: The Arab-American Minority (1991) 14 Exemplare

Born to the Land (1989) 13 Exemplare

Morning star, black sun : the Northern Cheyenne Indians and America's energy crisis (1982) 13 Exemplare

Memorial of Mr. Lincoln (1992) 13 Exemplare

To Live in Two Worlds: American Indian Youth Today (1984) 11 Exemplare

Still a Nation of Immigrants (1993) 10 Exemplare

Land of Yesterday, Land of Tomorrow (1992) 10 Exemplare

Children of the Maya: A Guatemalan Indian Odyssey (1986) 10 Exemplare

I'm in the Zoo, Too!: 2 (1989) 9 Exemplare

The New Americans: Changing Patterns in U.S. Immigration (1983) 8 Exemplare

Dark Harvest: Migrant Farmworkers in America (1986) 8 Exemplare

The Lion's Whiskers: Tales of High Africa (1959) 8 Exemplare

Counting America: The Story of the United States Census (1989) 8 Exemplare

Their Names To Live By (Great American Memorials) (1998) 8 Exemplare

Our Beckoning Borders: Illegal Immigration to America (1996) 8 Exemplare

Date With Destiny, A: Memorial (Great American Memorials) (2000) 8 Exemplare

People Who Make a Difference (1989) 7 Exemplare

To Seek a Better World: The Haitian Minority in America (1997) 6 Exemplare

Into a Strange Land: Unaccompanied Refugee Youth in America (1987) 6 Exemplare

The Washington Monument : a beacon for America (2002) 5 Exemplare

The New African Americans (1999) 5 Exemplare

Badge Of Valor: Natl. Law Enf. (Great American Memorials) (2000) 5 Exemplare

The Stakes are High (1954) — Herausgeber — 5 Exemplare

The Vanishing Border: A Photographic Journey Along Our Frontier With Mexico (1987) 5 Exemplare

On the Mall in Washington, D.C. : a visit to America's front yard (2002) 5 Exemplare

The Times of My Life: 2A Memoir (1990) 5 Exemplare

No better hope : what the Lincoln Memorial means to America (2001) 4 Exemplare

A New Frontier: The Peace Corps in Eastern Europe (1994) 3 Exemplare

Remembering Korea: Korean War (Ashabranner, Brent K., Great American Memorials.) (2001) 2 Exemplare

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Geburtstag: 1921-11-03
Todestag: 2016-12-01
Geschlecht: male
Geburtsort: Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
Wohnorte: Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
El Reno, Oklahoma, USA
Bristow, Oklahoma, USA
Ausbildung: Oklahoma A & M College (BA, English)
Organisationen: Peace Corps
U.S. Navy Construction Battalion (Seabees)
Kurzbiographie: [excerpt from Peace Corps Worldwide website]
Brent Ashabranner (1921 -2016) was Deputy Director of the Peace Corps between 1967 and 1969. Following service in World War II, graduate school and a brief period of teaching, Brent spent thirty years working overseas, including starting the first Peace Corps program in Nigeria and becoming director of Peace Corps programs in India. Prior to his retirement in 1985, Brent worked for ten years with the Ford Foundation in the Philippines and Indonesia. It was in retirement that he wrote more than 30 books on cross-cultural topics for junior readers, books that resulted in more than 40 awards.

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A date with destiny : the Women in Military Service… von Brent K. Ashabranner

A Date With Destiny includes the history of the building of the Women's Memorial and a description of what visitors can expect to find upon visiting. It describes the Register, the exhibits, and includes includes a general history of women's military contributions.

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MWMLibrary | Jan 14, 2022 |

Always to remember : the story of the Vietnam… von Brent K. Ashabranner, 1921-

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lcslibrarian | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Aug 13, 2020 |

Land of Yesterday, Land of Tomorrow : Discovering… von Brent K. Ashabranner

Chinese Central Asia, long cloaked in mystery & legend, was the route of the ancient Silk Road over which goods & ideas flowed between China & Persia, India & Europe. It is a land of towering mountains & a desert so fearful that its name means 'if you go in, you won't come out.' Now called Xinjiang Province, this region is part of the PRC. Closed to outsiders by the Chinese govt. in 1949, Xinjiang was opened briefly to foreign visitors between 1984 & 1990. Award-winning photographer Paul Conklin & his sons photographed the Uighur & Kazakh residents & traveled to the city of Kashgar, 2,000 years old. A fascinating look at a little-known but important part of China. Juvenile audiences.… (mehr)

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riselibrary_CSUC | Jul 10, 2020 |

Always To Remember: The Story Of The Vietnam… von Brent K. Ashabranner, 1921-

Discusses the building of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the controversies that have surrounded it, and some human interest stories connected with it.

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PAFM | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Dec 4, 2019 |

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