Bringing Down a President: The Watergate Scandal
By Andrea Balis and Elizabeth Levy
Read by Liisa Ivary
Unabridged
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3 Formats: CD
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3 Formats: Library CD
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3 Formats: MP3 CD
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ISBN: 9781094024561
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ISBN: 9781094024554
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ISBN: 9781094024578
| Runtime: | 3.73 Hours |
| Category: | Nonfiction/History |
| Audience: | Children (8–12) |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
A middle-grade retelling of Richard Nixon’s downfall, Bringing Down a President: The Watergate Scandal is an inventive and timely look at one of the biggest scandals to ever rock our nation by Andrea Balis and Elizabeth Levy.
Comprised almost completely of primary source quotes (good thing Nixon’s recorder was on) and interspersed with contextual narrative, this captivating account of the trials and tribulations of the Nixon Administration has been rendered screenplay style offering an extraordinarily immediate narrative of one of America’s most turbulent eras.
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Author
Author Bio: Andrea Balis
Dr. Andrea Balis is a member of the faculty of John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City, where she specializes in twentieth-century political history. She has also written extensively for the theater, worked as a director, and authored two books for young people, What Are You Using? A Birth Control Guide for Teenagers and a novel, P.J.
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Author Bio: Elizabeth Levy
Elizabeth Levy is the award-winning author of over 100 fiction and non-fiction books for children and young adults. She is known for the humor and research that she brings to her subjects, from My Life as A Fifth Grade Comedian, to Scholastic’s America’s Funny But True History and If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution.
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Details
Details
| Available Formats : | CD, Library CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/History |
| Runtime: | 3.73 |
| Audience: | Children (8–12) |
| Language: | English |
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