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You don’t need a Magic Picture Frame to travel through time: Code Movie Title [Year Released, D or TV, MPAA Rating or NR] Anthony’s lists of books, movies, music, and places, can take you “A journey of a where—and when—you want to go! Just select something from D Documentary Anthony’s lists and take your fi rst step. But remember: Never buy TV TV Series Episode anything, go anywhere, or make a phone call without parental Rating G, PG, PG-13, R thousand miles permission! NR This fi lm not rated by the MPAA. HOW TO USE ANTHONY’S LISTS Music: Anthony’s music lists include both individual songs and com- Books: plete albums. The music lists use a code that will help you fi nd the music selections. Individual songs might be available for purchase The book lists use a code that will help you choose the appropriate begins with a from online music services; albums should be available at your local reading level, and make the books easier to fi nd. The recommended record store or from online music services. reading level is the opinion of the author, so consult your bookseller or librarian if you have questions. Code Music Title [Songwriter / Artist or Record Company, single step.” Date Released] Code Book Title, Author [ISBN, F or NF, MS+ or HS+] Places: ISBN International Standard Book Number Anthony’s lists of places include historic sites, museums, and Web F Fiction sites. The lists use a code that includes addresses, phone numbers, NF Nonfi ction and Web site addresses so you can get more information; they were MS+ Middle School Reading Level (Sixth grade and up). accurate at the time this book was published, but may change. Talk HS+ High School Reading Level (Ninth grade and up). to your parents and plan a visit to one of these places on your next family vacation. LAO TZU (604 –531 BC), Movies: The movie lists use a code that includes the Motion Picture Asso- CHINESE PHILOSOPHER Code Place Name [Address / Location, Phone Number, Web ciation of America (MPAA) ratings to help you make age-appropriate Site Address] selections. Get permission from your parents before you watch any of the movies. Most of the movies are available on DVD or VHS tape. To read a brief plot summary of each movie, try: Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide 2005, by Leonard Maltin [0451212657, NF, MS+].
201 Chapter 1: The Magic Picture Frame Superman [1978, PG] To Everything There Is a Season [The Byrds, 1969] Everyday Fashions of the Sixties, by JoAnne Olian [0486401200, NF, MS+] Somewhere in Time [1980, PG] Unchained Melody [The Righteous Brothers, 1965] Full Moon, by Michael Light [0375414940, NF, MS+] Books: The Final Countdown [1980, PG] Vivaldi: The Four Seasons [Telarc, 1990] Neil Armstrong, by Barbara Kramer [0894908286, NF, MS+] A Sound of Thunder, by Ray Bradbury [Short Story in 0553286374, F, Koyaanisqatsi [1983, D, NR] Wasted on the Way [Crosby, Stills & Nash, 1982] 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About the Universe, by William MS+] Zelig [1983, PG] We Didn’t Start the Fire [Billy Joel, 1989] Gutsch [0385483864, NF, MS+] Dear Professor Einstein, by Alice Calaprice [1591020158, NF, MS+] Iceman [1984, PG] Who Can It Be Now? [Men at Work, 1982] Space Shuttle, by Tony Reichhardt [0789484250, NF, MS+] Forever Yours, Anna, by Kate Wilhelm [Short Story in 0312068980, F, The Terminator [1984, R] Yesterday [The Beatles, 1965] Space Toys of the 60’s, by James Gillam [1896522378, NF, MS+] MS+] Back to the Future [1985, PG] The Infi nite Journey, by William Burrows [1563319241, NF, MS+] Light of Other Days, by Bob Shaw [Short Story in 031285062X, F, MS+] Flight of the Navigator [1986, PG] Places: The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury [0553278223, F, MS+] The Door into Summer, by Robert Heinlein [0345330129, F, MS+] Peggy Sue Got Married [1986, PG-13] Albert Einstein Memorial [Constitution Avenue and 22nd Street, The War of the Worlds Broadcast, by Brian Holmsten [1570719853, NF, The Einstein Scrapbook, by Z. Rosenkranz [0801872030, NF, MS+] Star Trek IV [1986, PG] Washington, D.C.]. Engraved on the memorial are Albert Einstein’s MS+] The Girl, the Gold Watch, and Everything, by John MacDonald A Brief History of Time [1992, D, NR] words: “As long as I have any choice in the matter, I shall live only [0449127699, F, MS+] The Grand Tour [1992, PG-13] in a country where civil liberty, tolerance, and equality of all citizens The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells [0812505042, F, MS+] The Inner Light [1992, TV: Star Trek NG, NR] before the law prevail.” Albert Einstein became an American citizen in A Man on the Moon, by Andrew Chaikin [0140272011, NF, HS+] The Ugly Little Boy, by Isaac Asimov [Short Story in 0441731546, F, MS+] Groundhog Day [1993, PG] 1940, and made his home in Princeton, NJ. Apollo 11: NASA Mission Reports, by Robert Godwin [189652253X, NF, Time Machines, by Bill Adler [0786710330, F, MS+] Star Trek: Generations [1994, PG] Synchronize your watch to Offi cial U.S. Time [Web site:www.time.gov ]. HS+] A Stitch in Time [1996, TV: Outer Limits, NR] Offi cial U.S. Time is calculated from atomic clocks at the National A Vision of Future Space Transportation, by Tim McElyea [1896522939, Blast from the Past [1999, PG-13] Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Naval NF, HS+] A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking [0553380168, NF, HS+] NOVA: Time Travel [1999, D, NR] Observatory (USNO). First on the Moon, by Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin Aldrin Bid Time Return, by Richard Matheson [0899665144, F, HS+] Tribunal [1999, TV: Outer Limits, NR] Synchronize your watch to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), also [156852398X, NF, HS+] How to Build a Time Machine, by Paul Davies [0142001864, NF, HS+] Thrill Seekers [1999, PG-13] called Offi cial World Time [Web site: www.boulder.nist.gov/timefreq]. The Clementine Atlas of the Moon, by Ben Bussey [0521815282, NF, HS+] Timeline, by Michael Crichton [0345417623, F, HS+] For All Time [2000, NR] Listen to UTC announcements on a shortwave radio: The radio sta- The Compact NASA Atlas of the Solar System, by Ronald Greeley, Relativity, by Albert Einstein [0517884410, NF, HS+] Kate & Leopold [2001, PG-13] tion, WWV, broadcasts UTC announcements, geophysical alerts, [052180633X, NF, HS+] Relativity Visualized, by Lewis Epstein [093521805X, NF, HS+] Timeline [2003, PG-13] marine storm warnings, and Global Positioning System (GPS) status The Right Stuff, by Tom Wolfe [0553381350, NF, HS+] Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [2004, PG] reports twenty-four hours a day. The frequencies are: 2.5, 5, 10, 15, Virtual Apollo: Command Module, by Scott Sullivan [1896522947, NF, Movies: The Winning Season [2004, PG] and 20 MHz. Book: Passport to World Band Radio, by Lawrence Magne HS+] The Picture of Dorian Gray [1945, NR] A Sound of Thunder [2005, PG-13] [0914941852, NF, MS+]. Virtual Lunar Module, Scott Sullivan [1894959140, NF, HS+] Portrait of Jennie [1948, NR] Look up at the night sky—it is fi lled with the light of other days! A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court [1949, NR] Music: Because it takes one second for light to travel 186,000 miles, when Movies: Peabody’s Improbable History [1959, TV: Cartoon, NR] As Time Goes By [Dooley Wilson, 1942] you look at the moon, you are looking 1.3 seconds into the past; when Destination Moon [1950, NR] The Last Flight [1960, TV: Twilight Zone, NR] Back in Time [Huey Lewis, 1985] you look at Saturn, you are looking 75 minutes into the past; when The Day the Earth Stood Still [1951, NR] The Time Machine [1960, G] Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? [Chicago, 1971] you look at Pluto, you are looking 4 hours into the past; when you look The Thing from Another World [1951, NR] A Hundred Yards over the Rim [1961, TV: Twilight Zone, NR] Dust in the Wind [Kansas, 1978] at the Andromeda galaxy, you are looking more than 2 million years When World’s Collide [1951, NR] Back There [1961, TV: Twilight Zone, NR] Fly Like an Eagle [Steve Miller Band, 1976] into the past. Invaders from Mars [1953, NR] Once upon a Time [1961, TV: Twilight Zone, NR] I Am Waiting [Rolling Stones, 1966] www.physicssongs.org War of the Worlds [1953, NR] Kick the Can [1962, TV: Twilight Zone, NR] I Will Remember You [Sarah McLachlan, 1998] Conquest of Space [1955, NR] No Time Like the Past [1963, TV: Twilight Zone, NR] Kodachrome [Paul Simon, 1973] Chapter 2: The Men on the Moon Forbidden Planet [1956, NR] Rendezvous with Yesterday [1966, TV: Time Tunnel, NR] Let Time Go Lightly [Harry Chapin, 1976] Robinson Crusoe on Mars [1964, NR] City on the Edge of Forever [1967, TV: Star Trek, NR] Nick of Time [Bonnie Raitt, 1989] Books: First Men in the Moon [1965, NR] Tomorrow Is Yesterday [1967, TV: Star Trek, NR] Old Days [Chicago, 1975] Apollo 11 Artifacts, by Robert Craddock [0811837343, NF, MS+] The Reluctant Stowaway [1965, TV: Lost in Space, NR] Planet of the Apes [1968, G] Out of Time [The Rolling Stones, 1975] Apollo: The Epic Journey, by David Reynolds [0151009643, NF, MS+] Countdown [1968, NR] Little Big Man [1970, PG] Photographs and Memories [Jim Croce, 1972] Don’t Know Much About the Universe, by Kenneth Davis [0060932562, 2001: A Space Odyssey [1968, G] Sleeper [1973, PG] Such a Long Time [Boston, 1976] NF, MS+] Journey to the Far Side of the Sun [1969, NR] The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman [1974, NR] The Time Tunnel Soundtrack [Gnp Crescendo, 1997] Do Your Ears Pop in Space? by R. Mike Mullane [0471154040, NF, MS+] Silent Running [1971, G]
202 Anthony Recommends Books, Movies, Music, and Places 203 The Man Who Fell to Earth [1976, R] Places: Authentic NASA mission patches are sold at The Space Store [Hous- analyzes radio telescope data. Perhaps you will be the fi rst to hear the Close Encounters of the Third Kind [1977, PG] Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum [Washington, D.C., ton, TX, 877-742-2311, www.thespacestore.com]. Authentic replica words: “Klaatu barada nikto!” Star Wars [1977, PG] 202-633-1000, www.nasm.si.edu]. See planes, rockets, and satellites— NASA spacesuits are sold at Space Toys [Show Low, AZ, 877-223-0070, “Mission: SPACE” [DisneyWorld, Orlando, FL, www.disneyworld.com]. E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial [1982, PG] and taste freeze-dried Astronaut Ice Cream! www.spacetoys.com]. Space-exploration thrill ride. The Right Stuff [1983, PG] Kennedy Space Center [Cape Canaveral, FL, 321-449-4444, www You can’t visit the secret movie sound stage from which the fake Starman [1984, PG] .kennedyspacecenter.com]. Watch a rocket launch, board a full-scale Apollo 11 lunar landing was purportedly broadcast on TV, because it Chapter 3: To America I Will Go IMAX: The Dream Is Alive [1985, D, NR] replica of Space Shuttle Explorer, have lunch with an astronaut, and doesn’t exist; the United States really did put a man on the moon in For All Mankind [1989, D, NR] sign up for the Astronaut Training Experience. At Launch Pad 34, the 1969. Also, there is no “face” on Mars left behind by an ancient alien PART ONE IMAX: Destiny in Space [1994, D, NR] site of the 1967 Apollo 1 fi re, a memorial plaque reads: “In memory of race; it’s just your imagination. Books: Bad Astronomy, by Philip Plait THE ISLAND OF TEARS Apollo 13 [1995, PG] those who made the ultimate sacrifi ce so others could reach for the [0471409766, NF, MS+]; Magnifi cent Mars, by Ken Croswell [0743226011, Books: Star Trek: First Contact [1996, PG-13] stars. Ad astra per aspera [a rough road leads to the stars]. God speed NF, MS+]. Movies: Capricorn One [1978, PG]; Mission to Mars [2000, PG]; Contact [1997, PG] to the crew of Apollo 1.” National Geographic: Conspiracy Moon Landing [2004, D, NR]. Annie Moore, by Eithne Loughrey [1856352455, NF, MS+] Starship Troopers [1997, R] Space Center Houston [Houston, TX, 281-244-2100, www.space Robert Goddard Rocket Launching Site and National Historic Land- Ellis Island, by Pamela Reeves [0517059053, NF, MS+] Armageddon [1998, PG-13] center.org]. Tour Mission Control, try on space helmets, and take a mark [Pakachoag Golf Course, Auburn, MA, 508-755-3291, www Ellis Island, by John Berman [0760738882, NF, MS+] From the Earth to the Moon [1998, D, NR] simulated walk on the moon. .cr.nps.gov/nhl]. The spot where Robert Goddard launched the world’s Ellis Island Interviews, by Peter Coan [0816034141, NF, MS+] Galaxy Quest [1999, PG] U.S. Space & Rocket Center [Huntsville, AL, 800-533-7281, www.space fi rst liquid-fueled rocket, on March 16, 1926, is located on the ninth Everyday Fashions: 1909–1920, by JoAnne Olian [0486286282, NF, MS+] October Sky [1999, PG] camp.com]. Sign up for Space Camp; Go on a simulated space shuttle fairway; the golf course used to be a farm. Movie: Rocket Men [1994, D, Immigrants, by Time-Life Books [0783555164, NF, MS+] Carl Sagan’s Cosmos [2000, D, NR] mission! NR]. Italian Americans, by Ben Morreale [0883631261, NF, MS+] The Dish [2001, PG-13] National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) [Washington, NASA sent the Apollo 14 astronauts to Craters of the Moon National Little Italy, by Emelise Aleandri [0738510629, NF, MS+] IMAX: Space Station 3D [2002, D, NR] D.C., www.nasa.gov]. Monument [Arco, ID, 20 8-527-3257, www.nps.gov/crmo] to expose Mother Cabrini, by Frances Keyes [0898705991, NF, MS+] IMAX: Magnifi cent Desolation 3D [2005, D, NR] Memorials to Apollo 1 astronauts Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee, and them to geologic conditions similar to what they would fi nd on Passage to Liberty, by Ken Ciongoli [0060089024, NF, MS+] Rendezvous with Rama [2005, PG-13] the crews of Space Shuttle Challenger and Space Shuttle Columbia, are the moon. NASA also trained astronauts at the 4,000-foot diameter The Ellis Island Collection, by Brad Tuttle [0811838552, NF, MS+] War of the Worlds [2005, PG-13] located in Arlington National Cemetery [Arlington, VA, 703-607-8000, Meteor Crater in the desert southwest [Flagstaff, AZ, 800-289-5898, The Ellis Island Immigrant Cookbook, by Tom Bernardin [0962919837, www.arlingtoncemetery.org]. The memorial to Apollo 1 astronaut www.meteorcrater.com]. NF, MS+] Music: Edward White is in the United States Military Academy Post Cemetery RUS Adventures [Moscow, Russia, www.rusadventures.com] arranges The Italian American Family Album, by Dorothy Hoobler [0195124200, AM Gold: 60’s Collection [Time-Life, 2000] [West Point, NY, 845-938-4011, www.usma.edu]. There are three hills tours of the historic sites of the Soviet space program. Strelka and NF, MS+] Bad Moon Arising [Credence Clearwater Revival, 1969] on the planet Mars dedicated to the crew of Apollo 1: Grissom Hill, Belka, the fi rst dogs to survive orbital fl ight, are eternally preserved Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft [The Carpenters, 1977] White Hill, and Chaffee Hill. in a glass case in the Memorial Museum of Astronautics in Moscow. Fly Me to the Moon [Frank Sinatra, 1964] Explore the exciting world of model rocketry [Estes Model Rocket Strelka gave birth to six healthy puppies after her space fl ight in 1960. American Mosaic, by Joan Morrison [0822954885, NF, HS+] Folk Hits of the 60s [Shout Factory, 2003] Company, www.estesrockets.com]. One puppy, named Pushinka, was given to Caroline Kennedy, the Finding Your Roots Online, by Nancy Hendrickson [1558706356, NF, HS+] Holst: The Planets [Telarc, 1990] Take up the hobby of astronomy! Books: Nightwatch, by Terence daughter of Jacqueline and President John F. Kennedy, as a present Island of Hope, Island of Tears, by David Brownstone [1586635786, NF, Major Tom [Peter Schilling, 1989] Dickinson [1552093026, NF, MS+]; Telescope Power, by Gregory Matloff from Soviet Premier Nikita Kruschev. HS+] Motown 1960s, [Universal, 2002] [0471580392, NF, MS+]; The Backyard Astronomer’s Guide, by Terence Astronauts of the Mercury and Gemini missions used pencils to The Fortunate Pilgrim, by Mario Puzo [0449003582, F, HS+] Mr. Spaceman [The Byrds, 1966] Dickinson [155209507X, NF, MS+]; The Stars, by H. A. Rey [0395248302, take notes in space because standard ballpoint pens did not work The Golden Milestone, by Russell Esposito [0967143616, NF, HS+] Rocket Man [Elton John, 1972] NF, MS+]. in zero gravity. The Fisher Space Pen Company [Boulder City, NV, Unpuzzling Your Past, by Emily Croom [1558705562, NF, HS+] Space Oddity [David Bowie, 1972] The Very Large Array is the world’s largest astronomical radio obser- 702-293-3011, www.spacepen.com] solved the problem when it intro- Movies: Starman [David Bowie, 1972] vatory, consisting of twenty-seven 230-ton, 82-foot diameter radio duced the Fisher AG-7 Space Pen in 1966. Instead of relying on gravity Swinging on a Star [Bing Crosby, 1944] antennas [Socorro, NM, 505-835-7243, www.vla.nrao.edu]. The data to work, the pen used a pressurized cartridge of nitrogen that enabled The Immigrant [1917, NR] Switched on Bach [East Side Digital, 2001] from the antennas is combined electronically to give the resolution of it to write in freezing cold, desert heat, underwater, upside down, and The Jazz Singer [1927, NR] The Beatles: 1962–1966 [Capitol, 1973] an antenna 22 miles across, with the sensitivity of a dish 422 feet in in outer space. The Apollo 11 astronauts took the pen to the moon. Meet Me in St. Louis [1944, NR] The Beatles: 1967–1970 [Capitol, 1973] diameter. Movies: 2010 [1984, PG] and Contact [1997, PG]. SETI@home [http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu] is a scientifi c experi- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn [1945, NR] Hayden Planetarium [Rose Center for Earth and Space, New York, NY, ment that uses Internet-connected computers in the ongoing search I Remember Mama [1948, NR] 212-769-5100, www.amnh.org]. One of the world’s best planetariums. for extraterrestrial intelligence. You can participate by running a West Side Story [1961, NR] free software program on your home computer that downloads and How the West Was Won [1962, NR]
204 Anthony Recommends Books, Movies, Music, and Places 205 America, America [1963, NR] American Family Immigration History Center [Ellis Island, New York, In Flanders Fields, by Linda Granfi eld [0773729917, NF, MS+] The Lost Battalion [2001, NR] The Emigrants [1971, PG] NY, www.ellisisland.org]. The fi rst immigrant to be processed at Ellis The U.S. Army of World War I, by Mark Henry [1841764868, NF, MS+] World War I Films of the Silent Era [2002, D, NR] Hester Street [1975, PG] Island was 15-year-old Annie Moore, from County Cork, Ireland, on World War I, by H. P. Willmott [0789496275, NF, MS+] Roots [1977, NR] January 1, 1892. Annie crossed the Atlantic Ocean on the SS Nevada World War I, by Zachary Kent [076601732X, NF, MS+] Music: El Norte [1983, R] with her two brothers: Anthony, age eleven, and Phillip, age seven. World War I Posters, by Gary A. Borkan [0764315161, NF, MS+] It’s a Long Way to Tipperary [Jack Judge, 1912] Moscow on the Hudson [1984, R] The three children had only one bag of luggage; they were met in New Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye [Anonymous / Irish, 1922] Moonstruck [1987, PG] York City by their parents, who had immigrated three years earlier. 1916 [Motorhead, 1991] Avalon [1990, PG] You can see a digital image of the SS Nevada’s passenger record for A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway [0684801469, F, HS+] 1917 [Emmylou Harris, 1999] Dances with Wolves [1990, PG-13] Annie Moore by visiting the Web site of the American Family Immi- All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Remarque [0449213943, F, HS+] One Tin Soldier [Coven, 1969] Journey of Hope [1991, PG-13] gration History Center. Just type in “Annie Moore” and look through An Illustrated History of the First World War, by John Keegan Over There [George M. Cohan, 1917] Far and Away [1992, PG-13] the records for 1892. But note: The passenger manifest is incorrectly [037541259X, NF, HS+] Pack Up Your Troubles [George Asaf, 1915] The Joy Luck Club [1993, R] dated January 2, and Annie’s age is incorrectly recorded as thirteen. If America in World War I, by Donald Goldstein [1574886150, NF, HS+] Sgt. MacKenzie [Joe Kilna MacKenzie, 2000] Picture Bride [1994, PG-13] your ancestors came to America through Ellis Island, try searching for First World War Poetry, by Jon Silkin [0141180099, F, HS+] Snoopy vs. the Red Baron [The Royal Guardsmen, 1966] America 1900 [1998, D, NR] them, too. The Zimmermann Telegram, by Barbara Tuchman [0345324250, NF, HS+] The Great War: Songs [Sony, 1999] Ellis Island [1999, D, NR] Lower East Side Tenement Museum [New York, NY, 212-431-0233, The Great War: Music and Drama [Pearl, 1993] Italians in America [1999, D, NR] www.tenement.org]. See what it was really like to live in New York’s Movies: The Green Fields of France [The Celtic Tenors, 2002] My Big Fat Greek Wedding [2002, PG] immigrant neighborhoods at the turn of the twentieth century. The Big Parade [1925, NR] You’re a Grand Old Flag [George M. Cohan, 1906] In America [2003, PG-13] Books: New York Life at the Turn of the Century in Photographs, by Joseph What Price Glory [1926, NR] Into the West [TV: Miniseries, 2005, NR] Byron [0486248631, NF, MS+]; 97 Orchard Street, by Linda Granfi eld The Joyless Street [1927, NR] Places: The New World [2005, PG-13] [0887765807, NF, MS+]; Shutting Out the Sky, by Deborah Hopkinson Wings [1927, NR] The American Battle Monuments Commission [703-696-6897, www [0439375908, NF, MS+]; Tenement, by Raymond Bial [0618138498, NF, All Quiet on the Western Front [1930, NR] .abmc.gov] maintains World War I cemeteries and memorials in Music: MS+]; The Historic Shops and Restaurants of New York, by Ellen Williams Hell’s Angels [1930, NR] Europe. Book: The Fallen: War Cemeteries and Memorials of the Great War, America [Neil Diamond, 1980] [1892145154, NF, MS+]. Iron Man [1931, NR] by John Garfi eld [1862272166, NF, MS+]. American Pop: 1893–1946 [Music & Arts, 2000] Museum of the City of New York [New York, NY, 212-534-1672, www A Farewell to Arms [1932, NR] These books can guide you to the battlefi elds and trenches of World American Tune [Paul Simon, 1973] .mcny.org]. Mata Hari [1932, NR] War I in Europe: Back to the Front, by Stephen O’Shea [0802713297, NF, Dean Martin: Italian Love Songs [Capitol, 2001] Angel Island Immigration Station [San Francisco, CA, 415-561-2160, The Eagle and the Hawk [1933, NR] MS+]; Battlefi elds of the First World War, by Tonie Holt [1857937708, NF, Eh Paisano! [Rhino, 1997] www.aiisf.org]. This was the entrance to America for immigrants The Lost Patrol [1934, NR] MS+]. Englishman in New York [Sting, 1987] crossing the Pacifi c Ocean between 1910 and 1940. Grand Illusion [1937, NR] The World War I Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery [Arling- Freedom’s Front Door: Music of the Ellis Island Era [Album, 2001] Pilgrim Memorial State Park [Plymouth, MA, 617-626-1250, The Dawn Patrol [1938, NR] ton, VA, 703-607-8000, www.arlingtoncemetery.org] is located in Sec- Funiculi Funicula: Italian Mandoline [Delta, 1991] www.mass.gov]. See Plymouth Rock! Nurse Edith Cavell [1939, NR] tion 34, near the graves of General John J. Pershing, commander of Immigrant Song [Led Zeppelin, 1970] National Museum of the American Indian [Washington, D.C., Waterloo Bridge [1940, NR] the American Expeditionary Force during World War I, and many of Jerry Vale Sings the Great Italian Hits [Sony, 1998] 202-633-1000, www.nmai.si.edu]. Sergeant York [1941, NR] his Doughboys. The memorial bears the inscription: “You are remem- Pop Music: 1890–1950 [Sony, 1999] United States National Slavery Museum [Fredericksburg, VA, White Cliffs of Dover [1944, NR] bered. 116,516 brave Americans who died in World War I. Their devo- The Irish Tenors: Ellis Island [Music Matters, 2001] 540-548-8818, www.usnationalslaverymuseum.org]. Wilson [1944, NR] tion, their valor, and their sacrifi ce will live forever in the hearts of The Trail Band: Immigrant Dreams [Trails End, 2000] The Razor’s Edge [1946, NR] their grateful countrymen.” Thousands Are Sailing [Shanachie, 1999] Chapter 3: To America I Will Go African Queen [1951, NR] The Potomac Park World War I Memorial [Independence Avenue and Viva Italia! Festive Italian Classics [RCA, 1996] The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell [1955, NR] Ohio Drive, Washington, D.C.] honors all those who served in the “War Zeytoonian & Topouzian: Whispers of Ellis Island [American, 2000] PART TWO Paths of Glory [1957, NR] to End All Wars.” THE GREAT WAR Lawrence of Arabia [1962, NR] The Liberty Memorial [Kansas City, MO, 816-784-1918, www.liberty Places: Dr. Zhivago [1965, NR] memorialmuseum.org] has the only museum in the United States Books: Statue of Liberty National Monument [Liberty Island, New York, NY, The Blue Max [1966, NR] dedicated solely to the history of World War I. 212-363-3200, www.nps.gov/stli]. America in World War I, by Edward Dolan [156294522X, NF, MS+] Gallipoli [1981, PG] Statue of George M. Cohan [Broadway and 47th Street, Times Square, Ellis Island Federal Immigration Station Museum [Ellis Island, New American Aces of World War I, by Norman Franks [1841763756, NF, MS+] Last Voyage of the Lusitania [1996, D, NR] New York, NY]. In 1936, George M. Cohan was awarded a Congressional York, NY, 212-363-3206, www.ellisisland.com]. Exploring the Lusitania, by Robert Ballard [0446518514, NF, MS+] The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century [1998, D, NR] Gold Medal for his patriotic songs: Over There [1917] and A Grand Old Eyewitness: World War I, by Simon Adams [0789479397, NF, MS+] Flag [1906].
206 Anthony Recommends Books, Movies, Music, and Places 207 Songs Sung Red, White, and Blue, by Ace Collins [0060513047, NF, MS+] Chapter 3: To America I Will Go Bonnie and Clyde [1967, R] to one of FDR’s terms in offi ce. Book: The Franklin Delano Roosevelt The American Heritage Book of Great American Speeches, by Suzanne The Homecoming [1971, NR] Memorial, by Lawrence Halprin [0811817067, NF, MS+]. McIntire [0471389420, NF, MS+] Paper Moon [1973, PG] Franklin Delano Roosevelt Home and Presidential Library [Hyde Park, PART THREE The Coming American, by Sam W. Foss [Poem, 1894] The Sting [1973, PG] NY, 800-FDR-VISIT, www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu]. THE GREAT DEPRESSION The Declaration of Independence and Other Documents, by John Grafton Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? [1975, D, NR] Herbert Hoover Presidential Library [West Branch, IA, 319-643-5301, [0486411249, NF, MS+] Books: Eleanor and Franklin [1976, NR] http://hoover.archives.gov]. The Pocket Patriot, by George Grant [1581820925, NF, MS+] Children of the Dust Bowl, by Jerry Stanley [0517880946, NF, MS+] Phar Lap [1983, PG] New York Stock Exchange [11 Wall Street, New York, NY, 212-656-3000, The U.S. Constitution: Fascinating Facts About It, by Terry Jordan Dear Mrs. Roosevelt, by Robert Cohen [0807854131, NF, MS+] Places in the Heart [1984, PG] www.nyse.com]. See the 16-foot tall bronze statue of a charging bull, [1891743007, NF, MS+] Depression Era Recipes, by P. Wagner [0934860556, NF, MS+] The Journey of Natty Gann [1985, PG] located across the street from the exchange. We Are Americans, by Dorothy Hoobler [0439162971, NF, MS+] Everyday Fashions of the Thirties, by Stella Blum [048625108X, NF, MS+] The Untouchables [1987, R] United States Department of the Treasury [Washington, D.C., www Franklin Delano Roosevelt, by Russell Freedman [0395629780, NF, MS+] Wall Street [1987, R] .ustreas.gov]. Growing Money, by Gail Karlitz [0843177020, NF, MS+] 1939 New York World’s Fair [1992, D, NR] Congress founded the Federal Reserve [Washington, D.C., www Founding Fathers: Uncommon Heroes, by Steven Allen [1879033763, NF, Little Orphan Annie in the Great Depression, by Harold Gray [0486237370, King of the Hill [1993, PG-13] .federalreserve.gov] in 1913 to provide the nation with a stable mon- HS+] F, MS+] Riding the Rails [1997, D, NR] etary and fi nancial system. My America: By 150 Americans, by Hugh Downs [0743240898, NF, HS+] Posters of the WPA, by Chris Denoon [0295965436, NF, MS+] Breadline [1997, D, NR] Junior Achievement [www.ja.org]. Learn how to manage your money, The Melting Pot: A Drama in Four Acts, by Israel Zangwill [0881431702, Six Days in October, by Karen Blumenthal [0689842767, NF, MS+] Surviving the Dust Bowl [1998, D, NR] how to start your own business, how to obtain fi nancial aid for college, NF, HS+] Stories and Recipes from the Great Depression, by Rita Van Amber The Great Depression [1998, D, NR] and much more. The Story of America, by Allen Weinstein [0789489031, NF, HS+] [0961966319, NF, MS+] Our Daily Bread: Films of the Great Depression [1999, D, NR] The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, by E. D. Hirsch [0618226478, NF, The Homecoming, by Earl Hamner [089966945X, F, MS+] Jazz: A Film by Ken Burns [2000, D, NR] Chapter 3: To America I Will Go MS+] The New Deal and the Great Depression, by Lisa Wroble [0766014215, NF, O Brother, Where Art Thou? [2000, PG-13] The Words We Live By, by Linda Monk [0786867205, NF, HS+] MS+] The Legend of Bagger Vance [2000, PG-13] PART FOUR What’s So Great About America, by Dinesh D’Souza [0142003018, NF, Seabiscuit [2003, PG-13] AN AMERICAN IN AMERICA HS+] Cinderella Man [2005, PG-13] Down and Out in the Great Depression, by Robert McElvaine Books: Movies: [0807840998, NF, HS+] Music: America on My Mind, by Globe Pequot Press [0762723602, NF, MS+] America [1924, NR] FDR, by Joseph Alsop [0517202964, NF, HS+] Big Rock Candy Mountain [Harry McLintock, 1920s] America 24 / 7, by Rick Smolan [0789499754, NF, MS+] Mr. Smith Goes to Washington [1939, NR] Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck [0140177396, F, HS+] Billboard Pop Memories: 1930s [Rhino, 1994] FDR’s Four Freedoms Speech, by Julia Hargrove [1573102202, NF, MS+] Yankee Doodle Dandy [1942, NR] Riding the Rails, by Errol Uys [0415945755, NF, HS+] Brother Can You Spare a Dime? [New World, 2001] Freedom: A History of US, by Joy Hakim [0195157117, NF, MS+] Johnny Tremain [1957, NR] Teenvestor, by Emmanuel Modu [0399527605, NF, HS+] Cotton Club [Gallerie, 2001] I Am an American: Essays, by Robert Benjamin [083691449X, NF, MS+] 1776 [1972, G] The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck [0142000663, F, HS+] Duke Ellington: 1926–1949 [Proper Box, 2001] I Like Being American, by Michael Leach [0385507437, NF, MS+] Biography: George Washington [1995, D, NR] The Great Depression, by T. H. Watkins [0316924547, NF, HS+] Essential George Gershwin [Sony, 2003] In Defense of Liberty: The Bill of Rights, by Russell Freedman Biography: Thomas Jefferson [1995, D, NR] FDR: Nothing to Fear [Jerden, 1995] [0823415856, NF, MS+] The Patriot [2000, R] Movies: Happy Days Are Here Again [Jack Yellen, 1929] Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes [0440442508, F, MS+] Freedom: A History of US [2002, D, NR] The Public Enemy [1931, NR] Hobo’s Lullaby [Arlo Guthrie, 1974] My Fellow Americans: Speeches of America’s Presidents, by Michael America’s Heart & Soul [2004, D, PG] Gold Diggers of 1933 [1933, NR] Louis Armstrong: 1930–1932 [JSP, 2000] Waldman [1402200277, NF, MS+] John Ratzenberger: Made in America [TV Series, D, NR] Looking Forward [1933, NR] Nipper’s Greatest Hits: The 30’s [RCA, 1990] Norman Rockwell’s America, by Christopher Finch [0810980711, NF, Turn Back the Clock [1933, NR] MS+] The Great Depression: 1930s [Sony, 1933] Music: Stand Up and Cheer [1934, NR] Woody Guthrie: Dust Bowl Ballads [Buddha BMG, 2000] Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms, by Stuart Murray [0517202131, NF, America [Samuel Smith, 1831] Blondie [1938, NR] MS+] America [Simon & Garfunkel, 1968] Of Mice and Men [1939, NR] Places: 101 Reasons to Be a Proud American, by Brenda Star [1884886175, NF, America the Beautiful [Ray Charles, 1972] The Wizard of Oz [1939, NR] The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial [Washington, D.C., MS+] An American Child [Phil Vassar, 2002] The Grapes of Wrath [1940, NR] 202-426-6841, www.nps.gov/fdrm] traces twelve years of American Proud to Be an American, by Arnold Schwarzenegger [Speech: Republi- God Bless America [Kate Smith, 1939] It’s a Wonderful Life [1946, NR] history through a sequence of four outdoor rooms, each room devoted can National Convention, 8 / 31 / 2004] Fanfare for the Common Man [Aaron Copland, 1942] Sunrise at Campobello [1960, NR] Proud to Be an American, by Carol Stout [1886161089, NF, MS+]
208 Anthony Recommends Books, Movies, Music, and Places 209 God Bless the U.S.A. [Lee Greenwood, 1985] Leutze, portrays the historic moment when General George Washing- The Spirit of St. Louis [1957, NR] Climb into the cockpit of the Spirit of St. Louis with Microsoft’s Flight John Wayne: America, Why I Love Her [MPI, 2001] ton led the American revolutionary troops across the Delaware River Flight of the Phoenix [1965, NR] Simulator 2004 [www.microsoft.com]. Fly Lindbergh’s plane without Only in America [Brooks & Dunn, 2001] the day after Christmas in 1776. The painting was used in the design Those Magnifi cent Men in Their Flying Machines [1965, NR] having to stay awake for thirty-three hours. Philadelphia Freedom [Elton John, 1975] of the 1999 U.S. quarter for the state of New Jersey. Movie: The Crossing The Great Waldo Pepper [1975, PG] Museum of Flight [Seattle, WA, 206-764-5720, www.museumoffl ight This Is My Song / Finlandia [Lloyd Stone, 1934] [2000, NR]. The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case [1976, PG] .org]. The largest air and fl ight museum on the West Coast. Tour the This Land Is Your Land [Woody Guthrie, 1940] IMAX: To Fly! [1976, D, NR] Red Barn, the original headquarters of the Boeing Airplane Company. The Liberty Bell March [John Phillip Sousa, 1893] Chapter 4: Steps Across the Atlantic Top Gun [1986, PG] Boeing Commercial Airplane Factory [Everett, WA, 800-464-1476, The Meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance [Speech: Red Skelton, 1969] Fly Away Home [1996, PG] www.boeing.com]. Tours daily; see the world’s best passenger jets The Star Spangled Banner [Francis Scott Key, 1814] Books: Biography: Amelia Earhart [1998, D, NR] being built and tested. Where the Stars and Stripes and Eagles Fly [Aaron Tipton, 2002] Charles A. Lindbergh, by Joshua Stoff [0486278786, NF, MS+] Lindbergh’s Great Race [1996, D, NR] Wright Brothers National Memorial [Kitty Hawk, NC, 252-441-7430, Charles Lindbergh, by James Giblin [0395633893, NF, MS+] Lindbergh: The Shocking, Turbulent Life of America’s Lone Eagle [1999, D, www.nps.gov/wrbr]. Climb Kill Devil Hill and see where powered Places: Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis, by Dominick Pisano NR] fl ight began; feel the wind that made the Wright Brother’s fi rst fl ight U.S. National Archives [Washington, D.C, 866-272-6272, www [0810905523, NF, MS+] Biography: Charles and Anne Lindbergh, Alone Together [2000, D, NR] possible. .archives.gov]. See original copies of the Declaration of Independence, Everyday Fashions of the Twenties, by Stella Blum [0486241343, NF, MS+] Biography: Charles Lindbergh [2000, D, NR] AirVenture Oshkosh [Wittman Regional Airport, Oshkosh, WI, the U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. Movie: National Treasure Flight: 100 Years of Aviation, by R. G. Grant [0789489104, NF, MS+] Across the Atlantic, Behind the Lindbergh Legend [2001, D, NR] 920-426-4800, www.eaa.org] is the largest air show in the country, [2004, PG]. Lindbergh, by Richard Bak [0878332464, NF, MS+] Kitty Hawk: The Wright Brothers’ Journey of Invention [2003, D, NR] with more than 2000 aircraft on display, aerial acrobatics exhibitions, National Constitution Center [Philadelphia, PA, 215-409-6600, www Lindbergh, by Von Hardesty [0151009732, NF, MS+] Flight of the Phoenix [2004, PG-13] and experimental aircraft demonstrations. Build your own model .constitutioncenter.org]. Learn how the U.S. Constitution guarantees Slipping the Surly Bonds, by Dave English [0070220166, NF, MS+] The Aviator [2004, PG-13] glider, fl y in a simulator, and ride in tethered hot-air balloons. The your rights and freedom, and experience its history through hands-on The Book of Flight, by Judith Rinard [1552095991, NF, MS+] show is held each summer. exhibits and multimedia presentations. The Wrong Stuff, by Phil Scott [1592580440, NF, MS+] Music: Independence National Historical Park [Philadelphia, PA, We, by Charles Lindbergh [1585747084, NF, MS+] Let’s Dance: Swing, Lindy Hop, Jitterbug, and Jive [Rhino, 1997] Chapter 5: The Business of Genius 215-965-2305, www.nps.gov/inde]. See the Liberty Bell, and tour the Lindbergh [Woody Guthrie, 1942] buildings in which the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Con- The Charleston Era [Living Era, 2000] Books: stitution were signed. Lindbergh, by A. Scott Berg [0425170411, NF, HS+] The Roaring Twenties [Pearl, 2000] Antique Phonograph Advertising, by Timothy Fabrizio [076431517X, NF, Monticello [Charlottesville, VA, 434-984-9800, www.monticello.org]. North to the Orient, by Anne Morrow Lindbergh [0156671409, NF, HS+] The Yalloppin’ Hounds: Lindy Hop [Yalloppin, 2002] MS+] The home of Thomas Jefferson. Book: Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, by Spirit and Creator, by Nova Hall [0970296444, NF, HS+] Tuey Connel: Lindy Hop [Album, 2000] Antique Phonographs, by Timothy Fabrizio [0764307339, NF, MS+] William Beiswanger [1882886186, NF, MS+]. The Greatest Flying Stories Ever Told, by Lamar Underwood When Lindy Comes Home [George M. Cohan, 1927] Brainstorm: Twenty Kid Inventors, by Tom Tucker [0374409285, NF, MS+] Mount Vernon [Mount Vernon, VA, 703-780-2000, www.mount [158574512X, NF, HS+] History of the Kinetograph, Kinetoscope, and Kinetophonograph, by W. K. L. vernon.org], the home of George Washington. Tours are conducted The Quest for Mach One, by Chuck Yeager [0670874604, NF, HS+] Places: Dickson [0810962187, NF, MS+] daily, some by candlelight. Book: George Washington’s Mount Vernon, by The Spirit of St. Louis, by Charles Lindbergh [087351288X, NF, HS+] Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum [Washington, D.C., Inventors, by Martin Sandler [0064467465, NF, MS+] Wendell Garrett [1580930255, NF, MS+]. The Untold Story of the Spirit of St. Louis, by Ev Cassagneres 202-633-1000, www.nasm.si.edu]. See Charles Lindbergh’s plane, the Leonardo Da Vinci, by Heinz Kaehne [3791321668, NF, MS+] The Washington Monument [Washington, D.C, 202-426-6841, [091113932X, NF, HS+] Spirit of St. Louis, where Anthony fi rst saw it—hanging from the ceiling The Diary and Observations of Thomas Edison, by Dagobert Runes www.nps.gov/wamo]. 20 Hours, 40 Minutes, by Amelia Earhart [079223376X, NF, HS+] in the main aircraft gallery. [0802224342, NF, MS+] Colonial Williamsburg [Williamsburg, VA, 757-229-1000, www Under a Wing, by Reeve Lindbergh [0385334443, NF, HS+] Roosevelt Airfi eld [Old Country Road and Meadowbrook Parkway, The Kid Who Invented the Popsicle, by Don Wulffson [0141302046, NF, .history.org]. Travel back in time to eighteenth-century America! Wild Blue, by David Fisher [1560252510, NF, HS+] Garden City, NY]. The airfi eld was closed in 1951 and the site was MS+] U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service [http://uscis.gov]. Take the redeveloped as the Roosevelt Field Shopping Mall; not a trace of the The Thomas Edison Book of Easy and Incredible Experiments, by James U.S. citizenship test and see if you pass. Movies: historic airfi eld remains. Cook [0471620904, NF, MS+] The White House [Washington, D.C., 202-456-1111, www.white Airmail [1932, NR] Le Bourget Aerodrome [Paris, France, www.mae.org]. The Paris Space They All Laughed: From Light Bulbs to Lasers, by Ira Flatow [0060924152, house.gov]. China Clipper [1936, NR] and Air Museum, located at Le Bourget, displays historic planes. NF, MS+] Valley Forge National Historical Park [Valley Forge, PA, 610-783-1099, Test Pilot [1938, NR] Visit your local hobby shop and ask for a scale model of the Spirit of Thomas Edison, by George Sullivan [0439263190, NF, MS+] www.nps.gov/vafo]. Spitfi re [1942, NR] St. Louis that you can build. Anthony built this one: Spirit of St. Louis, Thomas Edison and His Kinetographic Motion Pictures, by Charles Musser The Metropolitan Museum of Art [New York, NY, 212-535-7710, No Highway in the Sky [1951, NR] 1/72nd Scale, Testors [www.testors.com] Kit #664. [0813522102, NF, MS+] www.metmuseum.org]. The enormous (12 feet high and 21 feet long) Breaking the Sound Barrier [1952, NR] Thomas Edison: Inventing the Future, by Marfe Delano [0792267214, NF, painting, George Washington Crossing the Delaware, by Emanuel Gottlieb The High and the Mighty [1954, NR] MS+]
210 Anthony Recommends Books, Movies, Music, and Places 211 Thomas Edison: King of Inventors, by David King [1878668552, NF, MS+] Music: Chapter 6: For Your Tomorrow This Is the Army [1943, NR] Victorian Fashion in America, by Kristina Harris [0486418146, NF, MS+] Cat’s in the Cradle [Harry Chapin, 1974] Victory Through Air Power [1943, NR] Claudia Muzio: Edison Recordings, 1920–1925 [Romophone, 1995] PART ONE Lifeboat [1944, NR] Elisabeth Schumann: Edison Recordings, 1915–23 [Romophone, 1997] THE WAR IN EUROPE The Memphis Belle [1944, D, NR] At Work with Thomas Edison, by Blaine McCormick [1891984357, NF, Ernest V. Stoneman: 1928 Edison Recordings [County, 1996] Wing and a Prayer [1944, NR] HS+] Takin’ Care of Business [Bachman-Turner Overdrive, 1973] Books: A Walk in the Sun [1945, NR] Edison: A Life of Invention, by Paul Israel [0471362700, NF, HS+] Three Edison Tenors [Marston, 1998] D-Day 1944, by Steven Zaloga [1841763675, NF, MS+] Battleground [1949, NR] Edison & the Electric Chair, by Mark Essig [0802714064, NF, HS+] Eyewitness: World War II, by Simon Adams [0789469901, NF, MS+] Twelve O’Clock High [1949, NR] Edison: Inventing the Century, by Neil Baldwin [0226035719, NF, HS+] Places: Great Photographs of World War II, by Neil Kagan [0848728181, NF, MS+] Red Ball Express [1952, NR] Edison’s Kinetoscope and Its Films, by Ray Phillips [0313305080, NF, HS+] Greenfi eld Village [The Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI, Jesse: The Man Who Outran Hitler, by Jesse Owens [0808599097, NF, The Caine Mutiny [1954, NR] Inventors and Discoverers, by Elizabeth Newhouse [0870447513, NF, 313-982-6001, www.hfmgv.org]. See Thomas Edison’s Menlo Park labo- MS+] The Glenn Miller Story [1954, NR] HS+] ratory exactly as Anthony saw it; Edison’s laboratory is reconstructed Life Magazine: World War II in Pictures, by Richard Stolley [0821227718, To Hell and Back [1955, NR] Menlo Park Reminiscences, by Francis Jehl [0766126471, NF, HS+] and open to the public. NF, MS+] Sink the Bismark! [1960, NR] The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Cashing in on Your Inventions, by Richard Thomas Edison National Historic Site [West Orange, NJ, 973-736-0551, The Everything World War II Book, by Donald Vaughn [158062572X, NF, Mein Kampf [1961, NR] Levy [0028642201, NF, HS+] www.nps.gov/edis]. See the laboratory in which the motion picture MS+] The Guns of Navarone [1961, NR] The Talking Machine, by Timothy Fabrizio [0764302418, NF, HS+] camera was invented. The Good Fight, by Stephen Ambrose [0689843615, NF, MS+] The Longest Day [1962, NR] They Made America, by Harold Evans [0316277665, NF, HS+] The Thomas Edison Birthplace Museum [Milan, OH, 419-499-2135, U.S. Army Photo Album: World War II in Color, by Jonathan Gawne The Great Escape [1963, NR] Thomas Edison: A Streak of Luck, by Robert Conot [0306802619, NF, HS+] www.tomedison.org] features a collection of early Edison inventions, [2908182408, NF, MS+] The Sound of Music [1965, NR] photographs, documents, and rare family mementos. Voices of Valor: D-Day, by Douglas Brinkley [0821228897, NF, MS+] Von Ryan’s Express [1965, NR] Movies: Edison & Ford Winter Estates [Fort Meyers, FL, 239-334-7419, www World War II Day by Day, by Dorling Kindersley [0789479974, NF, MS+] Where Eagle’s Dare [1968, PG] Edison, the Man [1940, NR] .edison-ford-estate.com]. Thomas Edison’s winter home is right next World War II for Kids, by Richard Panchyk [1556524552, NF, MS+] Patton [1970, PG] Young Tom Edison [1940, NR] door to Henry Ford’s winter getaway. World War II on the Air, by Mark Bernstein [1402200269, NF, MS+] The Eagle Has Landed [1977, PG] The Absent Minded Professor [1961, NR] A “Build Your Own Light Bulb Kit” is available from the Edmund Yankee Doodle Gals, by Amy Nathan [0792282167, NF, MS+] The Tin Drum [1979, R] How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying [1967, NR] Scientifi cs Company [Tonawanda, NY, 800-728-6999, www.scien The Big Red One [1980, PG] Chitty Chitty Bang Bang [1968, G] tifi csonline.com, kit #3082563]. A “Build Your Own Telegraph Kit” Das Boot [1981, R] Tucker: The Man and His Dream [1988, PG] is available from the Harris Educational Company [Graham, NC, A Soldier’s Story, by Omar Bradley [0375754210, NF, HS+] Come and See [1985, NR] Honey, I Shrunk the Kids [1989, PG] 336-584-2868, www.harris-educational.com, kit #WW6061902]. Band of Brothers, by Stephen Ambrose [0743464117, NF, HS+] A Midnight Clear [1992, R] The Hudsucker Proxy [1994, PG] George W. Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Beyond Valor, by Patrick O’Donnell [0684873850, NF, HS+] Stalingrad [1997, NR] Triumph of the Nerds [1996, D, NR] Film [Rochester, NY, 585-271-3361, www.eastmanhouse.org]. D-Day, June 6, 1944, by Stephen Ambrose [068480137X, NF, HS+] Saving Private Ryan [1998, R] Before the Nickelodeon: Edwin S. Porter [1998, D, NR] The United States Patent and Trademark Offi ce [Arlington, VA, The Greatest Generation Speaks, by Tom Brokaw [0375503943, NF, HS+] The Uncle Sam Movie Collection [2000, D, NR] Biography: Henry Ford [1999, D, NR] www.uspto.gov] operates a small patent museum. The collections The Life and Death of Adolph Hitler, by James Giblin [0395903718, NF, Enemy at the Gates [2001, R] Pirates of Silicon Valley [1999, NR] on display vary, but have included early Thomas Edison model light HS+] Band of Brothers [2002, TV: Miniseries, NR] Biography: Thomas Edison [2000, D, NR] bulbs. The Man Who Flew the Memphis Belle, by Robert Morgan, [0451205944, The World at War [2001, D, NR] Edison: The Wizard of Light [2000, D, NR] The National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum [Akron, OH, NF, HS+] D-Day to Berlin [2004, D, NR] Treasures from American Film Archives [2000, D, NR] 330-762-4463, www.invent.org] celebrates the men and women whose The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, by William Shirer [0671728687, NF, Ike: Countdown to D-Day [2004, NR] Edison Effect: The Electric Light [2001, D, NR] inventions have made life easier. HS+] Saints and Soldiers [2004, PG-13] Edison Effect: The Motion Picture [2001, D, NR] The Franklin Institute [Philadelphia, PA, 215-448-1200, http:// Wings of Morning, by Thomas Childers [0201407221, NF, HS+] Downfall [2005, R] Edison Effect: The Phonograph [2001, D, NR] sln.fi .edu]. Book: The Story of Benjamin Franklin, by Margaret Davidson The Origins of Film [2001, D, NR] [044040021X, NF, MS+]. Movies: Music: The Movies Begin: The Great Train Robbery [2002, D, NR] By Kids For Kids [www.bkfk.com] can help you develop your own Triumph of the Will [1935, NR] G.I. Jukebox [Hip-O, 1998] More Treasures from American Film Archives [2004, D, NR] invention and get a patent. Look through the list of successful kid The Great Dictator [1940, NR] Glenn Miller: Greatest Hits [RCA, 1996] They Made America [2004, D, NR] inventors, and enter the annual inventor’s contest! Casablanca [1942, NR] In the Fuhrer’s Face [Spike Jones, 1942] One of Our Aircraft Is Missing [1942, NR] Music from the War Years [Madacy, 1994] Why We Fight [1942, D, NR] Songs That Got Us Through World War II [Rhino, 1994]
212 Anthony Recommends Books, Movies, Music, and Places 213 The Very Best of Benny Goodman [RCA, 2000] Partisans of Vilna: Songs of the Jewish Resistance [Flying Fish, 1989] Duty, by Bob Greene [0380978490, NF, HS+] The Words and Music of World War II [Sony, 2001] The Sound of Silence [Simon & Garfunkel, 1966] Fire of a Thousand Suns, by George Caron [0963901494, NF, HS+] All But My Life, by Gerda Klein [0809015803, NF, HS+] Those Were Our Songs: World War II [Capitol, 2001] The Undying Flame: Ballads of the Holocaust, by Jerry Silverman Flags of Our Fathers, by James Bradley [0553111337, NF, HS+] Justice at Nuremberg, by Robert Conot [0881840327, NF, HS+] World War II Radio: Bing Crosby [Delta, 1994] [0815607083, NF, MS+] Flyboys, by James Bradley [0316105848, NF, HS+] Memoirs of a Warsaw Ghetto Fighter, by Simhah Rotem [0300093764, NF, Voices of the Shoah [Rhino, 2000] Ghost Soldiers, by Hampton Sides [038549565X, NF, HS+] HS+] Places: Ruth Rubin: Yiddish Songs of the Holocaust [Global Village, 1995] Guadalcanal Diary, by Richard Tregaskis [0679640231, NF, HS+] Rena’s Promise, by Rena Gelissen [0807070718, NF, HS+] The American Battle Monuments Commission maintains the World Hiroshima, by John Hershey [0679721037, NF, HS+] The Righteous, by Martin Gilbert [0805062602, NF, HS+] War II Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial [Omaha Beach, Places: Into the Rising Sun, by Patrick K. O’Donnell [0743214803, NF, HS+] The Scourge of the Swastika, by Edward Russell [1853674982, NF, HS+] Colleville-sur Mer, France, 703-696-6897, www.abmc.gov]. The cem- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum [Washington, D.C., Japan’s Longest Day, by Kazutoshi Hando [4770028873, NF, HS+] The World Must Know, by Michael Berenbaum [0316091340, NF, HS+] etery contains the graves of 9,386 American military dead who gave 202-488-0400, www.ushmm.org]. Chartered by a unanimous Act of Only What We Could Carry, by Lawson Inada [1890771309, NF, HS+] Where the Birds Never Sing, by Jack Sacco [0060096659, NF, HS+] their lives during the Normandy invasion and ensuing operations of Congress in 1980, the museum preserves the memory of those who Return of the Enola Gay, by Paul Tibbets [0970366604, NF, HS+] World War II. Movies: suffered and died during the Holocaust. The Knights of the Bushido, by Edward Russell [1853674990, NF, HS+] The National D-Day Museum [New Orleans, LA, 504-527-6012, Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation [Los Angeles, CA, The Last Mission, by Jim Smith [0767907787, NF, HS+] Gentleman’s Agreement [1948, NR] www.ddaymuseum.org]. 818-777-7802, www.vhf.org]. The foundation has collected more than Thirty Seconds over Tokyo, by Ted Lawson [1574885081, NF, HS+] The Search [1948, NR] The National D-Day Memorial [Bedford, VA, 800-351-DDAY, www 50,000 video interviews of Holocaust survivors. “Shoah” is the Hebrew The Diary of Anne Frank [1959, NR] .dday.org]. word for the Holocaust. Movies: Judgment at Nuremberg [1961, NR] Stephen Ambrose Historical Tours [New Orleans, LA, 888-903-3329, More than twenty-fi ve million people have visited the Auschwitz- Flying Tigers [1942, NR] Mein Kampf [1961, NR] www.stephenambrosetours.com] offers World War II historical tours, Birkenau Memorial and Museum [Oswiecim, Poland, www.auschwitz- Wake Island [1942, NR] The Pawnbroker [1965, NR] including: The “D-Day-to-the-Rhine” tour, the “Band of Brothers” tour, muzeum.oswiecim.pl]. The camp stands so that the world will never The Purple Heart [1944, NR] The Sorrow and the Pity [1970, D, PG] and the “Italian Campaign” tour. forget what happened there. Thirty Seconds over Tokyo [1944, NR] Fiddler on the Roof [1971, G] These books can guide you to World War II historical sites in Europe: Anne Frank Museum [Amsterdam, the Netherlands, www.anne Back to Bataan [1945, NR] Voyage of the Damned [1976, PG] A Traveler’s Guide To D-Day and the Battle for Normandy, by Carl Shilleto frank.org]. The museum is the former hiding place of Anne Frank, and Objective Burma! [1945, NR] Playing for Time [1980, NR] [1566564417, NF, MS+]; The 25 Best World War II Sites in the European the location where she wrote her diary. They Were Expendable [1945, NR] Shoah [1985, D, NR] Theater, by Chuck Thompson [0972915079, NF, MS+]. This book can guide you to Oskar Schindler’s factory, Hitler’s bunker Sands of Iwo Jima [1949, NR] Triumph of the Spirit [1989, R] in Berlin, and the Nuremberg Courthouse: Concentration Camps: World Three Came Home [1950, NR] A Day in October [1990, PG-13] Chapter 6: For Your Tomorrow War II Sites, by Marc Terrance [1581128398, NF, MS+]. Above and Beyond [1952, NR] Europa Europa [1991, R] From Here to Eternity [1953, NR] Schindler’s List [1993, R] PART TWO Chapter 6: For Your Tomorrow Mister Roberts [1955, NR] Anne Frank Remembered [1995, D, NR] The Burmese Harp [1956, NR] THE HOLOCAUST Bach in Auschwitz [1995, D, NR] PART THREE The Bridge on the River Kwai [1957, NR] Books: One Survivor Remembers [1996, D, NR] Run Silent, Run Deep [1958, NR] The Death Camps: U.S. Army Film Footage [1996, D, NR] THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC Auschwitz, by Teresa Swiebocka [0253355818, NF, MS+] South Pacifi c [1958, NR] The Long Way Home [1997, D, NR] Books: I Have Lived a Thousand Years, by Livia Bitton-Jackson [0689810229, NF, The Naked and the Dead [1958, NR] Life Is Beautiful [1998, PG-13] MS+] Aircraft of World War II, by Jim Winchester [1592232248, NF, MS+] The Gallant Hours [1960, NR] The Devil’s Arithmetic [1999, NR] I Never Saw Another Butterfl y, by Hana Volavkova [0805210156, NF, B-29 Photo Combat Diary, by Chester Marshall [0933424604, NF, MS+] The Outsider [1961, NR] The Last Days [1999, D, PG-13] MS+] Pacifi c Legacy, by Rex Smith [0789207613, NF, MS+] PT 109 [1963, NR] Witness: Voices from the Holocaust [1999, D, NR] Milkweed, by Jerry Spinelli [0375813748, F, MS+] Pearl Harbor, by Dan Van Der Vat [0465089828, NF, MS+] Tora! Tora! Tora! [1970, PG] Uprising [2001, NR] Never to Forget, by Milton Meltzer [0064461181, NF, MS+] Rain of Ruin, by Donald Goldstein [157488221X, NF, MS+] Midway [1976, PG] Amen [2002, NR] Night, by Elie Wiesel [0553272535, NF, MS+] The Enola Gay, by Norman Polar [1574888366, NF, MS+] MacArthur [1977, PG] The Hiding Place [2003, PG] The Devil’s Arithmetic, by Jane Yolen [0140345353, F, MS+] War of Our Fathers, by Richard Marin [0785813535, NF, MS+] MacArthur’s Children [1985, PG] The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank [0553577123, NF, MS+] Wherever I Go, I Will Always Be a Loyal American, by Yoon Pak Music: Empire of the Sun [1987, PG] The Last Days, by Steven Spielberg [0312204620, NF, MS+] [0415932351, NF, MS+] Shohei Imamura’s Black Rain [1989, NR] David Axelrod: Requiem for the Holocaust [Capitol, 1993] The Nuremberg Nazi War Crimes Trials, by Harvey Fireside [0766013847, Prisoners of the Sun [1991, R] Leonard Bernstein: I Never Saw Another Butterfl y [Music Masters, 1994] NF, MS+] Hiroshima [1995, D, PG] The Triumphant Spirit, by Nick Del Calzo [0965526011, NF, MS+] On the Turning Away [Pink Floyd, 1987]
214 Anthony Recommends Books, Movies, Music, and Places 215 The Thin Red Line [1998, R] fi rst Saturday of April and October. Radiation levels are low, but visits The Best Years of Our Lives [1946, NR] Baseball in Art and Literature, by David Colbert [073700102X, NF, MS+] American Experience: MacArthur [1999, D, NR] are limited to one hour for safety. The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit [1956, NR] Casey at the Bat, by Ernest Thayer [0689854943, F, MS+] Heroes of Iwo Jima [2001, D, NR] Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and Park [Hiroshima, Japan, Summer of ’42 [1971, R] Classic Baseball Photographs, by Donald Honig [0765110555, NF, MS+] Pearl Harbor [2001, PG-13] www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp]. A Soldier’s Story [1984, PG] Classic Baseball: Photos, by Walter Iooss [0810942585, NF, MS+] The Great Raid [2005, R] The Assault [1986, PG] Collecting Baseball Cards, by Thomas Owens [0761317082, NF, MS+] Flags of Our Fathers [2006, R] Chapter 6: For Your Tomorrow Home Front U.S.A. [1998, D, NR] Glove Affairs, by Noah Liberman [1572434201, NF, MS+] The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter [2002, D, NR] Iron Horse, by Ray Robinson [0060974087, NF, MS+] Music: PART FOUR American Valor [2003, D, NR] Lou Gehrig, by Kevin Viola [0822517949, NF, MS+] A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall [Bob Dylan, 1963] SACRIFICE Lou Gehrig: An American Classic, by Richard Bak [0878338837, NF, MS+] Goodbye, Mama, I’m Off to Yokohama [J. Fred Coots, 1942] Music: Lou Gehrig: A Quiet Hero, by Frank Graham [0395068347, NF, MS+] Books: Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition [Frank Loesser, 1941] Eternal Father, Strong to Save [Dykes / Whiting, 1861] New York Yankees: First 25 Years, by Vincent Luisi [0738509132, NF, Remember Pearl Harbor [Sammy Kaye, 1941] Design for Victory: WWII Posters, by Harry Rubenstein [1568981406, NF, Marines’ Hymn [Marine Corps, 1800s] MS+] The Son of a Gun Who Picks on Uncle Sam [E. Y. Harburg, 1942] MS+] Reckless Talk [Woody Guthrie, 1942] Secrets of Baseball Told By Big League Players, by Rogers Hornsby We Did It Before and We Can Do It Again [Cliff Friend, 1942] Everyday Fashions of the Forties, by JoAnne Olian [0486269183, NF, MS+] Rosie the Riveter [Redd Evans and John Loeb, 1942] [1557094314, NF, MS+] What Have They Done to the Rain? [The Searchers, 1964] From Foxholes and Flight Decks: Letters, by Rod Gragg [0312287151, NF, When the Lights Go on Again All Over the World [Vaughn Monroe, 1943] The Joy of Keeping Score, by Paul Dickson [0156005166, NF, MS+] MS+] Where Have All the Flowers Gone? [Pete Seeger or Kingston Trio, 1961] Why Is the Foul Pole Fair? by Vince Staten [0743233840, NF, MS+] Places: Grandma’s Wartime Kitchen, by Joanne Hayes [0312253230, NF, MS+] The USS Arizona Memorial [Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, HI, 808-422-0561, Medal of Honor: Portraits, by Nick Del Calzo [1579652409, NF, MS+] Places: www.nps.gov/usar] is the fi nal resting place for many of the ship’s Norman Rockwell’s World War II, by Susan Meyer [0963101102, NF, MS+] The National World War II Memorial [Washington, D.C., A Yankee Century, by Harvey Frommer [0425186172, NF, HS+] 1,777 crewman who lost their lives on December 7, 1941. Rosie the Riveter, by Penny Coleman [0517885670, NF, MS+] 800-639-4WW2, www.wwiimemorial.com] honors the sixteen million Babe Ruth’s Own Book of Baseball, by George Herman Ruth [0803289391, The design of the Marine Corps War Memorial, also known as the Iwo Since You Went Away: Letters, by Judy Litoff [0700607145, NF, MS+] who served in the armed forces of the United States during World NF, HS+] Jima Memorial [Arlington, VA, 703-289-2500, www.nps.gov/gwmp/ Slacks and Calluses, by Constance Bowman [156098368X, NF, MS+] War II, the more than four hundred thousand who died, and all who My Luke and I, by Eleanor Gehrig [0690011091, NF, HS+] usmc.htm], is based on the photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal on Iwo The Victory Garden, by Lee Kochenderfer [0440417031, F, MS+] supported the war effort from home. Book: The World War II Memorial, The Games Do Count, by Brian Kilmeade [0060736739, NF, HS+] Jima in 1945. V for Victory: America’s Home Front, by Stan Cohen [092952151X, NF, by Douglas Brinkley [1588342107, NF, MS+]. The Wonder Team: 1927 Yankees, by Leo Trachtenberg [0879726784, NF, The National Museum of the Marine Corps [Quantico, VA, MS+] Arlington National Cemetery [Arlington, VA, 703-607-8000, www HS+] 800-397-7585, www.usmcmuseum.org] preserves the American flag V Is for Victory: American Home Front, by Sylvia Whitman [0822517272, .arlingtoncemetery.org]. Visit the Tomb of the Unknowns, where that was raised on Mount Suribachi in 1945. NF, MS+] unknown soldiers of World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and Movies: Military Historical Tours [Alexandria, VA, 800-722-9501, www.mil World War II Home Front Collectibles, by Martin Jacobs [0873418530, NF, the Vietnam War are interred. Visit Audie Murphy’s gravesite, in Sec- Rawhide [1938, NR] tours.com] arranges tours of the World War II military cemetery on MS+] tion 46 near Memorial Drive; it’s one of the most visited. Knute Rockne, All American [1940, NR] Iwo Jima. This book can guide you to the World War II historical sites in the The Pride of the Yankees [1942, NR] This book can guide you to the World War II historical sites in the United States: World War II Sites in the United States, by Richard Osborne It Happens Every Spring [1949, NR] Pacifi c: The 25 Best World War II Sites: Pacifi c Theatre, by Chuck Thomp- Americans Remember the Home Front, by Roy Hoopes [0425186644, NF, [0962832413, NF, MS+]. Take Me Out to the Ball Game [1949, NR] son [0966635264, NF, MS+]. HS+] The Offi cial Audie Murphy Memorial Web sitewww.audiemurphy [ The Stratton Story [1949, NR] The Enola Gay is on display at the National Air and Space Museum’s A Separate Peace, by John Knowles [0743253973, F, HS+] .com]. Angels in the Outfi eld [1951, NR] Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center [Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Don’t You Know There’s a War On? by Richard Lingeman [1560254653, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Web site [www.vfw.org]. Jim Thorpe, All American [1951, NR] VA, 202-633-1000, www.nasm.si.edu/museum/udvarhazy]. Book: NF, HS+] U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Web site [www.va.gov]. Brian’s Song [1971, G] America’s Hanger, by Smithsonian [0974511307, NF, MS+]. Dr. Seuss Goes to War, by Richard Minear [156584565X, NF, HS+] Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park The Other Side of the Mountain [1975, PG] Offi cial Web site of Brigadier General Paul W. Tibbets, USAF Retired The Bedford Boys, by Alex Kershaw [0306811677, NF, HS+] [Richmond, CA, 510-232-5050, www.rosietheriveter.org]. One on One [1977, PG] [www.theenolagay.com]. The United States of America’s Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients Something for Joey [1977, PG] The National Museum of Nuclear Science and History [Albuquerque, and Their Offi cial Citations, by R. J. Proft [0964459035, NF, HS+] Chapter 7: The Luckiest Man A Love Affair: Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story [1978, NR] NM, 505-245-2137, www.atomicmuseum.com] has exhibits on the When the Stars Went to War, by Roy Hoopes [0679414231, NF, HS+] Breaking Away [1979, PG] Manhattan Project and the men who built the bomb. Books: The Abbott & Costello Show: Who’s on First? [1981, NR] Movies: Trinity Test Site [White Sands Missile Range, near Socorro, NM, Baseball’s Golden Age, by Neal McCabe [0810991195, NF, MS+] The Natural [1984, PG] 505-678-1134, www.wsmr.army.mil]. The exact spot where the fi rst Women in Defense [1941, D, NR] Baseball’s Sad Lexicon: Tinkers to Evers to Chance, by Franklin Pierce Eight Men Out [1988, PG] atomic bomb was exploded is open to the public twice a year, on the Pride of the Marines [1945, NR] Adams [Poem, 1910] Field of Dreams [1989, PG]
216 Anthony Recommends Books, Movies, Music, and Places 217 The Babe [1992, PG] fi eld you saw in the movie,Field of Dreams [1989, PG]. Book: Shoeless Joe, And They Shall Walk, by Sister Elizabeth Kenny [0405131178, NF, HS+] Places: Cool Runnings [1993, PG] by W. P. Kinsella [0395957737, NF, HS+]. Breath: Life in an Iron Lung, by Martha Mason [1878086952, NF, HS+] Franklin Delano Roosevelt Little White House State Historic Site Rudy [1993, PG] Negro Leagues Baseball Museum [Kansas City, MO, 816-221-1920, Death Be Not Proud, by John Gunther [0060929898, NF, HS+] [Warm Springs, GA, 706-655-5870, www.fdr-littlewhitehouse.org]. See Baseball: A Film By Ken Burns [1994, D, NR] www.nlbm.com]. In the late 1800s, African-Americans played baseball Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes [0553274503, NF, HS+] FDR’s hand-controlled 1938 Ford automobile. Remember the Titans [2000, PG] on military teams, college teams, and company teams, but racism and Patenting the Sun, by Jane Smith [0756761158, NF, HS+] The Salk Institute for Biological Studies [La Jolla, CA, 858-453-4100, Biography: Lance Armstrong [2001, D, NR] Jim Crow laws forced them from the teams by 1900. In 1920, the Negro Polio’s Legacy, by Edmund Sass [076180143X, NF, HS+] www.salk.edu]. 61* [2001, NR] National League (NNL) was formed to fi eld Black players in games in the Splendid Solution, by Jeffrey Kluger [0399152164, NF, HS+] A bronze plaque commemorating the 1955 announcement of the When It Was a Game [2001, D, NR] United States, Canada, and Latin America. In 1945, the Brooklyn Dodg- The Hot Zone, by Richard Preston [0385479565, NF, HS+] success of the Salk vaccine is located outside the auditorium of the Bend It Like Beckham [2002, PG-13] ers recruited Jackie Robinson from the NNL’s Kansas City Monarchs. The Timetables of Medicine, by Gill Davies [157912156X, NF, HS+] Rackham building on the University of Michigan campus [Ann Arbor, 100 Years of the New York Yankees [2002, D, NR] Robinson was the fi rst African-American to play in the Major Leagues, MI, www.umich.edu]. The Rookie [2002, G] breaking the racial barrier. Movies: The Jackie Robinson Story [1950, NR]; Movies: The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis changed its name to MLB: 100 Years of the World Series [2003, D, NR] Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings [1976, PG]; The Court- The Story of Louis Pasteur [1936, NR] the March of Dimes [www.marchofdimes.com] in 1979. The March of Yankee Immortals [2003, D, NR] Martial of Jackie Robinson [1990, NR]; Soul of the Game [1996, PG-13]. Young Dr. Kildare [1938, NR] Dimes funds research to prevent birth defects. Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius [2004, PG] The Offi cial Web site of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet [1940, NR] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) [Atlanta, GA, Miracle [2004, PG] League [www.aagpbl.org]. When millions of young men were drafted Madame Curie [1943, NR] www.cdc.gov] is the federal agency charged with fi ghting contagious into the armed services during World War II, major league baseball Sister Kenny [1946, NR] disease and protecting the health and safety of Americans at home Music: parks almost went bankrupt because there were no players to play Magnifi cent Obsession [1954, NR] and abroad. Baseball’s Greatest Hits [Rhino, 1989] the games and draw the crowds. So, in 1943, Philip Wrigley, owner of Fantastic Voyage [1966, NR] Statue of Balto [Central Park, New York, NY]. Balto was the Alaskan Baseball’s Greatest Hits II [Rhino, 1990] the chewing-gum company and the Chicago Cubs, formed a girl’s soft- Charly [1968, PG] malamute who led a dogsled team through blizzards to deliver medi- I Can’t Get to First Base with You [Fred Fisher / Eleanor Gehrig, 1935] ball league to attract crowds back to the ballparks. The teams played The Andromeda Strain [1971, G] cine to children dying from a diphtheria outbreak in Alaska in 1925. Take Me Out to the Ballgame [Jack Norworth, 1908] throughout America until 1954. Books: A Whole New Ball Game, by Sue Resurrection [1980, PG] A plaque beneath the statue of Balto reads: “Dedicated to the indom- Macy [014037423X, NF, MS+]; A League of My Own, by Patricia Brown The Elephant Man [1980, PG] itable spirit of the sled dogs that relayed antitoxins 660 miles over rough Places: [078641474X, NF, MS+]. Movie: A League of Their Own [1992, PG]. Threshold [1981, PG] ice, across treacherous waters, through Arctic blizzards from Nenana The Offi cial Lou Gehrig Web site www.lougehrig.com[ ]. Little League Museum [Williamsport, PA, 570-326-3607, www.little The Verdict [1982, R] to the relief of stricken Nome in the Winter of 1925.” Movie: Balto [1995, National Baseball Hall of Fame [Cooperstown, NY, 888-425-5633, league.org]. 1918 [1984, NR] G]. Book: The Cruelest Miles, by Gay Salisbury [0393019624, NF, HS+]. http://baseballhalloffame.org]. Awakenings [1990, PG-13] The United States National Library of Medicine [Bethesda, MD, Yankee Stadium [New York, NY, 718-293-4300, www.yankees.com]. See Chapter 8: The Vaccine The Doctor [1991, PG-13] 301-496-7771, www.nlm.nih.gov] is the largest medical library in the a game, eat a hot dog, and visit the memorial plaque to Lou Gehrig in Lorenzo’s Oil [1992, PG-13] world. left-center fi eld. Sit in “Gehrigville,” the bleachers behind right center Books: Medicine Man [1992, PG-13] The National Museum of Health and Medicine [Washington, D.C., fi eld where Lou Gehrig’s home-run balls usually landed. Book: Yankee An American Plague: Yellow Fever, by Jim Murphy [0395776082, NF, MS+] NOVA: Ebola [1996, D, NR] 202-782-2200, http://nmhm.washingtondc.museum]. See the bullet Stadium, by Ray Robinson [0670870935, NF, MS+]. A Paralyzing Fear, by Nina Gilden Seavey [1575000709, NF, MS+] A Paralyzing Fear [1998, D, NR] that took Abraham Lincoln’s life, the instruments and machines used The Louisville Slugger Factory [Louisville, KY, 502-588-7288, www Dr. Jenner and the Speckled Monster, by Albert Marrin [0525469222, NF, Jonas Salk: Personally Speaking [1998, D, NR] in modern hospitals, and learn how a U.S. Army MASH unit works. .sluggermuseum.org]. See the world’s largest baseball bat! Made out of MS+] American Experience: Infl uenza 1918 [1998, D, NR] steel, the bat is 120 feet tall and weighs 68,000 pounds. Tour the fac- Invisible Enemies, by Jeanette Farell [0374336377, NF, MS+] Modern Marvels: Polio Vaccine [2000, D, NR] Chapter 9: In Anthony’s Time tory and see how the offi cial bats of the major leagues are made. Jonas Salk, by Salvatore Tocci [0766020975, NF, MS+] A Fight to the Finish: Stories of Polio [2001, D, NR] This book can help you fi nd baseball shrines all across America:Road- Jonas Salk, by Stephanie McPherson [0822549646, NF, MS+] Books: side Baseball, by Chris Epting [0892047143, NF, MS+]. Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine, by John Bankston [1584150939, NF, Music: Afghanistan Cave Complexes, by Mir Bahmanyar [184176776X, NF, MS+] Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum [Baltimore, MD, 410-727-1539, MS+] Fever [Peggy Lee, 1958] After September 11, by Reuters [0131001515, NF, MS+] www.baberuthmuseum.com]. March of Dimes, by David Rose [0738512532, NF, MS+] He’s Just a Scientist [John Loudermilk, 1961] A Greater Freedom, by Sara Horn [0805431535, NF, MS+] These books will guide you to the greatest ballparks in America: Blue Positive Doctors in America, by Mike MacGee [1889793000, NF, MS+] Ring Around the Rosies [Nursery Rhyme About Bubonic Plague, 1300s] Brotherhood, by Frank McCourt [0916103730, NF, MS+] Skies, Green Fields, by Ira Rosen [0609608681, NF, MS+]; Take Me Out to the Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio, by Peg Kehret [0807574589, NF, MS+] Rockin Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu [Johnny Rivers, 1972] Courage after the Crash: Flight 93, by Glenn Kashurba [0972103163, NF, Ballpark, by Josh Leventhal [1579123325, NF, MS+]. The Infl uenza Pandemic of 1918, by Virginia Aronson [079105263X, NF, Streets of Philadelphia [Bruce Springsteen, 1995] MS+] The Field of Dreams [Dyersville, IA, 888-875-8404, www.dyersville.org]. MS+] Faces of Ground Zero, by Joe McNally [0316523704, NF, MS+] Yes, it’s a baseball diamond carved into a cornfi eld; the same baseball Fields of Honor: Pat Tillman, by Jonathan Rand [1596090391, NF, MS+]
218 Anthony Recommends Books, Movies, Music, and Places 219 Home Front: Flags Across America, by Peter Elliott [0972328009, NF, MS+] One Day in September [1999, D, R] Sympathy for the Devil [The Rolling Stones, 1970] Terrorism” and the “The State Department’s List of Terrorist Organi- One Nation: America Remembers 9/11, by Life magazine [0316525405, NF, Three Kings [1999, R] The Ballad of Mike Moran [The Chamber-Made Brigade, 2001] zations.” MS+] Uncle Saddam [2000, D, NR] The Boy in the Bubble [Paul Simon, 1986] Until Al-Qaeda is defeated, the threat of another terrorist attack in the Portraits 9 / 11 / 01, by the New York Times [0805072225, NF, MS+] National Geographic: Afghanistan Revealed [2001, D, NR] The End [The Doors, 1967] United States is real. But don’t be afraid. Be ready. Do your part in the The World Trade Center Remembered, by Sonja Bullaty [0789207648, NF, Behind Enemy Lines [2001, PG-13] The Times They Are a-Changin’ [Bob Dylan, 1964] War on Terror. Visit the Web site: www.ready.gov. MS+] Beneath the Veil: The Taliban [2001, D, NR] The World Don’t Bother Me [John Mellencamp, 2004] National Guard Memorial Museum [Washington, D.C., 202-408-5887, Understanding September 11th, by Mitch Frank [0670035823, NF, MS+] Black Hawk Down [2001, R] This Ain’t No Rag, It’s a Flag [Charlie Daniels, 2003] www.ngef.org]. Voices from the Front: Gulf War II, by Frank Schaeffer [078671462X, NF, World Trade Center: In Memoriam [2001, D, NR] This Is the Time [Billy Joel, 1986] Minuteman National Historical Park [Boston, MA, 978-369-6993, MS+] In Memoriam: New York City, 9/11/01 [2002, D, NR] Those Were the Days [Mary Hopkins, 1968] www.nps.gov/mima]. See Concord’s North Bridge, the place where Live from Baghdad [2002, NR] Where Were You? [Song; Alan Jackson, 2002] Colonial “Minutemen” fi red the “shot heard round the world,” and 9/11 [2002, D, NR] American Colonists fi rst took up arms in defense of liberty. After: The September 12 Era, by Steven Brill [0743237099, NF, HS+] Baghdad Bob [2003, D, NR] Places: American Soldier, by Tommy Franks [0060731583, NF, HS+] DC 9/11 [2003, D, NR] A new skyscraper, the Freedom Tower, is being built on the site of Anthony’s Extra Credit List A Table in the Presence, by Carey Cash [0849918235, NF, HS+] National Geographic: 21 Days to Baghdad [2003, D, NR] the destroyed World Trade Center [Lower Manhattan Development Dawn over Baghdad, by Karl Zinsmeister [1594030502, NF, HS+] Osama [2003, PG-13] Corporation, New York, NY, 212-962-2300, www.renewnyc.com]. The Books: Escape from Slavery, by Francis Bok [0312306237, NF, HS+] Tears of the Sun [2003, R] Freedom Tower will reach 1,776 feet into the air and will include a Children’s History of the 20th Century, by DK [0789447223, NF, MS+] Escape in Iraq, by Thomas Hamill [088317314X, NF, HS+] The Guys [2003, PG] permanent memorial to the innocent and heroic victims of the ter- Don’t Know Much About American History, by Kenneth C. Davis Hating America: The New World Sport, by John Gibson [0060580100, NF, The Horrors of Hussein [2003, D, NR] rorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Groundbreaking took place on [0064408361, NF, MS+] HS+] Biography: Osama bin Laden [2004, D, NR] July 4, 2004, and a 20-ton cornerstone was laid with the inscription: Inaugural Address, by President John F. Kennedy [Speech, 1 / 20 / 1961] Let’s Roll, by Lisa Beamer [0842374183, NF, HS+] FahrenHYPE 9/11 [2004, D, NR] “To honor and remember those who lost their lives on September 11, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, by Richard Bach [0380012863, NF, MS+] Never Forget, by Mitchell Fink [0060514337, NF, HS+] Hotel Rwanda [2004, PG-13] 2001 and as a tribute to the enduring spirit of freedom—July Fourth My Dear Young Friends, by Pope John Paul II [0884897486, NF, MS+] No True Glory, by Bing West [0553804022, NF, HS+] IMAX: Fighter Pilot, Operation Red Flag [2004, D, NR] 2004.” The Freedom Tower is scheduled for completion in 2008 or Second Inaugural Address, by President George W. Bush [Speech, Report from Ground Zero, by Dennis Smith [067003116X, NF, HS+] Day 4 [2005, TV: 24, NR] 2009. 1 / 20 / 2005] Shadow War, by Richard Miniter [0895260522, NF, HS+] Gunner Palace [2005, D, R] A memorial to the victims of the terrorist attack on the Pentagon, and The Book of Virtues, by William Bennett [0671683063, F, MS+] The 9/11 Commission Report, by the National Commission on Terrorist Occupation: Dreamland [2005, D, NR] those who lost their lives on American Airlines Flight 77, is scheduled The Five People You Meet in Heaven, by Mitch Albom [0786868716, NF, Attacks [0393326713, NF, HS+] Syriana [2005, R] for completion in 2005 or 2006. The memorial will be located at the MS+] We Will Prevail, by George W. Bush [0826415520, NF, HS+] southwest corner of the Pentagon Reservation [Pentagon Tour Offi ce, The Timetables of American History, by Laurence Urdang [0743202619, Why We Fight, by William Bennett [0895261340, NF, HS+] Music: Arlington, VA, 703-697-1776, www.defenselink.mil]. NF, MS+] A Hard Day’s Night [The Beatles, 1965] Flight 93 National Memorial [Somerset, PA, www.fl ight93memorial What It Felt Like, by Henry Allen [0375420630, NF, MS+] Movies: Amazing Grace [John Newton, 1779] project.org]. In 2002, Congress directed the National Park Service to What Your 6th Grader Needs to Know, by E. D. Hirsch [0385411200, NF, The FBI Story [1959, NR] American Soldier [Toby Keith, 2003] “commemorate the passengers and crew of Flight 93 who, on Sep- MS+] Black Sunday [1977, R] Back Home Again [John Denver, 1974] tember 11, 2001, courageously gave their lives thereby thwarting a Raid on Entebbe [1977, NR] Courtesy of the Red White and Blue [Toby Keith, 2003] planned attack on the Nation’s Capital.” On Wings of Eagles [1986, NR] Have You Forgotten? [Darryl Worley, 2003] The New York City Fire Department Museum [New York, NY, A Patriot’s History of the United States, by Michael Allen [1595230017, The Delta Force [1986, R] In America [Charlie Daniels, 2003] 212-691-1303, www.nycfi remuseum.org]. NF, HS+] The Taking of Flight 847 [1988, NR] It Can’t Rain All the Time [Jane Siberry, 1993] The National Fallen Firefi ghters Memorial [Emmitsburg, MD, Animal Farm, by George Orwell [0451526341, NF, HS+] The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro [1989, NR] It’s the End of the World [REM, 1987] 301-447-1365, www.fi rehero.org]. Becoming a Critical Thinker, by Sherry Diestler [0130289221, NF, HS+] Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro [1990, NR] Mansions of the Lord [Nick Glennie-Smith, 2002] Arlington National Cemetery [Arlington, VA, 703-607-8000, www Legacies, by Stephen D. Lubar [156098886X, NF, HS+] Without Warning: Terror in the Towers [1993, NR] Nothing Man [Bruce Springsteen, 2002] .arlingtoncemetery.org]. Pay tribute to those who have died defending Letters of the Century, by Lisa Grunwald [0385315902, NF, HS+] Courage Under Fire [1996, R] One Nation under God [Frog & Scorpion, 2003] America in the War on Terror. Lord of the Flies, William Golding [0399501487, NF, HS+] Executive Decision [1996, R] Osama Yo-Mama [Ray Stevens, 2001] The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Web site [www.dhs.gov]. More Than Money, by Neil Cavuto [0060096438, NF, HS+] Air Force One [1997, R] Paradise [Bruce Springsteen, 2002] The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) [Washington, D.C., www 1984, by George Orwell [0451524934, NF, HS+] Path to Paradise [1997, NR] People Got to Be Free [Young Rascals, 1969] .fbi.gov] publishes the names and photographs of the “Most Wanted The Power of Positive Thinking, by Norman Vincent Peale [0449911470, Jinnah [1998, D, NR] Political Science [Randy Newman, 1999] Terrorists.” NF, HS+] The Siege [1998, R] Ragged Old Flag [Johnny Cash, 1974] The U.S. State Department [Washington, D.C., www.state.gov] pub- Up from Slavery, by Booker T. Washington [0486287386, NF, HS+] Rejoice in the Sun [Joan Baez, 1971] lishes two lists: “The State Department’s List of State Sponsors of 220 Anthony Recommends Books, Movies, Music, and Places 221 Voices of War, by Library of Congress [0792278380, NF, HS+] Whale Rider [2003, PG-13] Witness to America, by Stephen Ambrose [0062716115, NF, HS+] Ladder 49 [2004, PG-13] The Passion of the Christ [2004, R / Recut 2005, NR] Movies: Millions [2005, PG] Boys Town [1938, NR] The Five People You Meet in Heaven [2005, NR] Abe Lincoln in Illinois [1940, NR] The Ox-Bow Incident [1943, NR] Music: My Darling Clementine [1946, NR] Abraham, Martin and John [Dick Holler, 1968] A Christmas Carol [1951, NR] Auld Lang Syne [Robert Burns, 1788] High Noon [1952, NR] Carry on Wayward Son [Kansas, 1976] Houdini [1953, NR] Don’t Worry, Be Happy [Bobby McFerrin, 1988] Shane [1953, NR] Don’t You Forget About Me [Billy Idol, 1985] The Robe [1953, NR] Every Time You Go Away [Darryl Hall, 1985] Bad Day at Black Rock [1955, NR] Father and Son [Cat Stevens, 1970] The Searchers [1956, NR] Golden Years [David Bowie, 1983] The Ten Commandments [1956, NR] Help Pour Out the Rain [Buddy Jewel, 2003] Twelve Angry Men [1957, NR] I Melt with You [Modern English, 1992] Inn of the Sixth Happiness [1958, NR] In My Life [The Beatles, 1965] Inherit the Wind [1960, NR] I’ve Loved These Days [Billy Joel, 1976] The Magnifi cent Seven [1960, NR] I Wish [Stevie Wonder, 1976] King of Kings [1961, NR] Learning to Fly [Tom Petty, 1991] The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance [1962, NR] Old Souls [Jessica Harper, 1970] To Kill a Mockingbird [1962, NR] Ooh La La [The Corrs, 1998] Lilies of the Field [1963, NR] Simple Man [Lynyrd Skynyrd, 1973] In the Heat of the Night [1967, NR] Teach Your Children [Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, 1970] To Sir, with Love [1967, NR] Thanks for the Memories [Bob Hope, 1938] Jesus of Nazareth [1977, NR] The Best Is Yet to Come [Frank Sinatra, 1960] Oh, God! [1977, PG] The Wedding Song [Noel Paul Stookey, 1971] A Woman Called Moses [1978, NR] Time [Pink Floyd, 1973] Chariots of Fire [1981, PG] Time of Your Life [Green Day, 1998] Gandhi [1982, PG] Wait for Me [Rebecca St. James, 2003] Never Cry Wolf [1983, PG] What a Wonderful World [Louis Armstrong, 1967] Tender Mercies [1983, PG] Where Have All the Cowboys Gone? [Paula Cole, 1996] Stand and Deliver [1987, PG] Wings of Desire [1988, PG-13] Places: Glory [1989, R] National Museum of American History [Washington, D.C., The Long Walk Home [1990, PG] 202-633-1000, www.si.edu]. Class Action [1991, R] Library of Congress American Memory Web site [www.memory Defending Your Life [1991, PG] .loc.gov]. Gettysburg [1993, PG] The fresco, the Last Judgment, painted by Michelangelo in 1541, is lo- Searching for Bobby Fischer [1993, PG] cated in the Sistine Chapel [The Vatican, Rome, Italy, www.vatican The Straight Story [1999, G] .va]. The thought-provoking and visually arresting painting is cen- Men of Honor [2000, PG-13] tered around the fi gure of Jesus Christ, and depicts Heaven, Earth, and Master and Commander [2003, PG-13] Hell at the moment the verdict of the Last Judgment is uttered accord- Spellbound [2003, D, G] ing to Mathew 25:31–46, The Holy Bible, King James Version. Movie: The Agony and the Ecstasy [1965, NR]. 222 Anthony Recommends © Magic Picture Frame Studio, LLC THANK YOU!
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