|
REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR: Japanese and American Survivors Tell Their Stories
Compelling Personal Accounts of the Attack on Pearl Harbor
WASHINGTON—To mark the 60th anniversary this year of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, National Geographic Children’s Books is publishing a volume of compelling firsthand accounts by survivors on both sides of the conflict.
REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR: Japanese and American Survivors Tell Their Stories (National Geographic Books, ISBN 0-7922-6690-0, May 2001, $18.95), by Thomas Allen with a foreword by underwater explorer Robert Ballard, is a collection of riveting photo essays by Japanese and American veterans who witnessed or participated in the event that brought the United States into World War II.
The survivors’ accounts paint a vivid portrait of what it was like to have lived through what has been described as the worst day in America’s history. The emotion-packed narratives give insight into both the Japanese and American points of view. Readers will learn about Japan’s midget submarines, the emotions of Japanese pilots who aimed their torpedoes at Battleship Row while dodging antiaircraft fire, and the horror felt by American sailors as they watched planes and ships explode and tried to rescue shipmates from a sea of burning oil.
The book, for ages 10 and up, is illustrated with historic photographs that set the scene of each survivor’s involvement and photographs of the survivors themselves.
The book’s release will coincide with a new Disney movie, “Pearl Harbor.” In addition to the children’s book, the National Geographic Society is marking the anniversary of Pearl Harbor with an adult book by Robert Ballard, “Graveyards of the Pacific: From Pearl Harbor to Bikini Atoll.” There will also be two Geographic television world premieres on May 27: “Legacy of Attack,” which will air on NBC and National Geographic Channel, and “National Geographic’s Beyond the Movie,” a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Disney movie, which will air on National Geographic Channel in the United States and internationally.
The children’s magazine, National Geographic World, will feature Pearl Harbor in an upcoming issue and will run an essay contest inviting children to interview family and friends about their World War II experiences.
An interactive Web feature about Pearl Harbor will launch in early April at nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor.
#
March 2001
|
