1789: Twelve Authors Explore a Year of Rebellion, Revolution, and Change
About the Book
The year 1789 was a year that saw many challenges to how many people viewed the world. Twelve award-winning authors each contributed a chapter that features a person/persons or event that changed the way people thought. Sally turned to one of her favorite topics—geology—and told the story of James Hutton. Known today as the Father of Geology, Hutton rocked the scientific world (pun intended) when he presented his theory that Earth was far older than the 6,000 years, the generally accepted science in 1789.
Contributors
- Amy Alznauer
- Marc Aronson
- Susan Campbell Bartoletti
- Summer Edward
- Karen Engelmann
- Joyce Hansen
- Cynthia and Sanford Levinson
- Steve Sheinkin
- Tanya Lee Stone
- Christopher Turner
- Sally M. Walker
Awards and Recognition
- Junior Library Guild selection
Reviews
“Each chapter is thoughtfully written and thoroughly researched, with extensive author notes, endnotes, and a bibliography…Another thoroughly engrossing look at a pivotal year.” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review)
“Aronson and Bartoletti (1968: Today’s Authors Explore a Year of Rebellion, Revolution, and Change) offer a timely deep dive into another turbulent and pivotal year of history: 1789…The conversational narrative styles will pull readers into this wide-ranging, thoroughly researched anthology, which recounts revolutions and revolutionary thinking big and small. Extensive author and source notes and a bibliography conclude this stirring read about themes that continue to shape urgent contemporary issues. (Publishers Weekly Online, starred review)
edited by Marc Aronson and
Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Candlewick Press, Sept 2020
hardcover: 978–1536208733
208 pages, ages 12 and up