Albert Marrin facts for kids

Albert Marrin (born July 24, 1936) is an American historian, professor, and author. He is well-known for writing more than forty non-fiction books especially for young people. His books help kids learn about history in an exciting and easy-to-understand way.

About Albert Marrin

His Early Life and Education

Albert Marrin was born in New York City. He went to college at the City College of New York, Yeshiva University, and Columbia University. After his studies, he taught in public schools in New York City. He also became the head of the history department at Yeshiva University. Today, he lives with his wife in the Bronx, New York.

Awards and Honors

Albert Marrin has won many important awards for his books. These awards show how much his work is valued and how much young readers enjoy his stories. Some of his awards include:

• National Humanities Medal (2008)
• Carter G. Woodson Book Award (2001)
• Boston Globe/Horn Book Award
• Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
• James Madison Book Award
• Washington Post-Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award

What Albert Marrin Writes About

Albert Marrin writes about many different historical topics. He covers everything from ancient civilizations to major wars and famous leaders. His books are known for being very detailed and interesting. Here are some of the topics he has written about:

Wars and Conflicts

He has written many books about different wars, helping young readers understand these important events:

• The airman's war: World War II in the sky, Atheneum, 1982, ISBN: 978-0-689-30907-6
• Overlord: D-Day and the invasion of Europe, Atheneum, 1982, ISBN: 978-0-689-30931-1
• Victory in the Pacific, Atheneum, 1983
• War clouds in the West: Indians & cavalrymen, 1860-1890, Atheneum, 1984, ISBN: 978-0-689-31066-9
• The secret armies: spies, counterspies, and saboteurs in World War II, Atheneum, 1985, ISBN: 978-0-689-31165-9
• 1812, the war nobody won, Atheneum, 1985, ISBN: 978-0-689-31075-1
• The Yanks are coming: the United States in the first World War, Atheneum, 1986, ISBN: 978-0-689-31209-0
• Struggle for a Continent: The French and Indian Wars, 1690-1760, Atheneum, 1987, ISBN: 978-0-689-31313-4
• The war for independence: the story of the American Revolution, Atheneum, 1988, ISBN: 978-0-689-31390-5
• The Spanish–American War, Atheneum, 1991, ISBN: 978-0-689-31663-0
• America and Vietnam: the elephant and the tiger, Viking, 1992, ISBN: 978-0-670-84063-2
• Napoleon and the Napoleonic Wars, Puffin Books, 1993, ISBN: 978-0-14-036479-8
• Virginia's general: Robert E. Lee and the Civil War, Atheneum, 1994, ISBN: 978-0-689-31838-2
• Unconditional surrender: U.S. Grant and the Civil War, Atheneum, 1994, ISBN: 978-0-689-31837-5
• Commander in Chief Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War, Dutton Children's Books, 1997, ISBN: 978-0-525-45822-7
• Commander and Chief: Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War, 2007
• Uprooted: The Japanese American Experience During World War II, 2016

Famous People and Civilizations

Albert Marrin also writes about important figures and ancient cultures:

• Aztecs and Spaniards: Cortés and the conquest of Mexico, Atheneum, 1986, ISBN: 978-0-689-31176-5
• Hitler, Viking Kestrel, 1987, ISBN: 978-0-670-81546-3
• Inca & Spaniard: Pizarro and the conquest of Peru, Atheneum, 1989, ISBN: 978-0-689-31481-0
• Mao Tse-tung and his China, Viking Kestrel, 1989, ISBN: 978-0-670-82940-8
• Stalin Puffin Books, 1993, ISBN: 978-0-14-032605-5
• The sea king: Sir Francis Drake and his times, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1995, ISBN: 978-0-689-31887-0
• Plains warrior: Chief Quanah Parker and the Comanches, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1996, ISBN: 978-0-689-80081-8
• Terror of the Spanish Main: Sir Henry Morgan and his buccaneers, Dutton Children's Books, 1999, ISBN: 978-0-525-45942-2
• Sitting Bull and his world, Dutton Children's Books, 2000, ISBN: 978-0-525-45944-6
• George Washington and the founding of a nation, Dutton Children's Books, 2001, ISBN: 978-0-525-46481-5
• Old Hickory: Andrew Jackson and the American People, Dutton Children's Books, 2004, ISBN: 978-0-525-47293-3
• The Great Adventure: Theodore Roosevelt and the Rise of Modern America, Dutton Children's Books, 2008, ISBN: 978-0-525-47659-7
• A Volcano Beneath the Snow: John Brown's War Against Slavery, 2014
• Thomas Paine, Crusader for Liberty: How One Man's Ideas Helped Form a New Nation, 2014
• FDR and the American Crisis, 2015
• A Light in the Darkness: Janusz Korczak, His Orphans, and the Holocaust, 2019

Other Interesting Topics

He also explores other fascinating subjects, from natural history to important social events:

• The sea rovers: pirates, privateers, and buccaneers, Atheneum, 1984, ISBN: 978-0-689-31029-4
• Cowboys, Indians, and gunfighters: the story of the cattle kingdom, Atheneum, 1993, ISBN: 978-0-689-31774-3
• Empires lost and won: the Spanish heritage in the Southwest, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1997, ISBN: 978-0-689-80414-4
• Dr. Jenner and the speckled monster: the search for the smallpox vaccine, Dutton Children's Books, 2002, ISBN: 978-0-525-46922-3
• Secrets from the rocks: dinosaur hunting with Roy Chapman Andrews, Illustrator Albert Marrin, Dutton Children's Books, 2002, ISBN: 978-0-525-46743-4
• Oh, Rats!: the story of rats and people, Illustrator C. B. Mordan, Dutton Children's Books, 2006, ISBN: 978-0-525-47762-4
• Saving the Buffalo, Scholastic Nonfiction, 2006, ISBN: 978-0-439-71854-7
• Years of Dust: The Story of the Dust Bowl, 2009
• Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and its Legacy, 2011
• Little Monsters: The Creatures That Live on Us and in Us, 2011
• Black Gold: The Story of Oil in Our Lives, 2012
• Very, Very, Very Dreadful: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918, 2018
• A Time of Fear: America in the Era of Red Scares and Cold War, 2021