Tom McGowen

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1) Jesse Bowman: a Union boy's war story

Author

McGowen, Tom

Series

Historical Fiction Adventures

Publisher

Enslow Publishers

Pub. Date

c2008

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At the age of seventeen, Jesse Bowman of Chicago joins the Union Army to fight in the Civil War, having only a romantic notion of what war is all about, but once he enlists he learns about both the tedium of daily life as a soldier and the hardships and cruelty of battle.

2) Album of dinosaurs

Author

McGowen, Tom

Publisher

Rand McNally

Pub. Date

[1972]

Description

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A brief introduction to the history and characteristics of dinosaurs in general and specific descriptions of twelve different kinds.

3) World War II

Author

McGowen, Tom

Publisher

F. Watts

Pub. Date

c1993

Description

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Provides an overview of the military battles and political changes that occurred during World War II.

4) A trial of magic

Author

McGowen, Tom

Series

Age of magic trilogy volume 2

Publisher

Lodestar Books

Pub. Date

c1992

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Having secured the aid of the wizards of the Dragons and the Little People in an effort to prevent the prophesied Earthdoom, Mulng and his son Lithim and the other magicians of Atlan Domain must face the fearsome opposition of a very powerful Alfar Master mage.

5) D-Day

Author

McGowen, Tom

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

c2004

Description

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Discusses the events leading up to the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944.

6) World War I

Author

McGowen, Tom

Publisher

F. Watts

Pub. Date

c1993

Description

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Provides an overview of the military battles and political changes that occurred during World War I.

7) The attack on Pearl Harbor

Author

McGowen, Tom

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

2002

Description

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Explores the relationship between the United States and Japan that led to the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in 1941, and to the United States' entry into World War II.

8) Carrier war: aircraft carriers in World War II

Author

McGowen, Tom

Publisher

Twenty-First Century Books

Pub. Date

c2001

9) Lonely eagles and buffalo soldiers: African Americans in World War II

Author

McGowen, Tom

Publisher

F. Watts

Pub. Date

c1995

10) Air raid: bombing campaigns of World War II

Author

McGowen, Tom

Series

Military might

Publisher

Twenty-First Century Books

Pub. Date

Description

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Describes the history of aerial bombing from the beginning of flight through the great campaigns of World War II.

11) El gran libro de animales prehistóricos

Author

McGowen, Tom

Series

Los grandes libros

Publisher

Fernández

Pub. Date

1985

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A brief, general introduction to the history and characteristics of prehistoric mammals in general, and specific descriptions of twelve different kinds.

12) El gran libro del hombre prehistórico

Author

McGowen, Tom

Publisher

Fernández

Pub. Date

1987

13) Germany's lightning war: Panzer divisions of World War II

Author

McGowen, Tom

Publisher

Twenty-First Century Books

Pub. Date

c1999

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Discusses the development and actions of German tank units in World War II, covering specific battles and the changes that tanks brought to warfare in general.

14) Sink the Bismarck: Germany's super-battleship of World War II

Author

McGowen, Tom

Series

Military might

Publisher

Twenty-First Century Books

Pub. Date

Description

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Describes the actions of the German battleship "Bismarck" during World War II and the operations of the British navy to destroy this ship.

15) The Battle of Cantigny

Author

McGowen, Tom

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

2002

16) The Alamo

Author

McGowen, Tom

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

[2007], c2003

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Discusses historical events surrounding the Battle of the Alamo, including the roles played by Mexican General Santa Anna and Americans Stephen Austin, Jim Bowie, Davy Crockett, Sam Houston, and others.