Gail Jarrow is the author of nonfiction books and novels for readers 8-18.
Let the magic begin!
Coming Spring 2014:
Red Madness: How Orphans, Dogs, and Filth Parties Ended
the Pellagra Epidemic
The Amazing Harry Kellar,
Great American Magician
Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Nominee 2013 (YALSA-ALA)
Named an Orbis Pictus Recommended Book (for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children) by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
Selected as one of the
Best Children's Books of 2012 by Kirkus Reviews
With a flair for entertaining and a knack for self-promotion, Harry Kellar always promised a spectacular magic show. And he never disappointed. Kellar read minds, floated women in the air, and escaped from knotted ropes in seconds. Known throughout the world, he was a conjurer extraordinaire! Gail Jarrow shines the spotlight on this nearly forgotten magical wizard and his dazzling illusions. From Calkins Creek/Boyds Mills Press, Ages 8 to adult.
Lincoln's Flying Spies:
Thaddeus Lowe and the Civil War Balloon Corps
During the Civil War, a corps of balloonists led by Thaddeus Lowe spied on the Confederate army. They counted Rebel soldiers, detected troop movement, and directed artillery fire. Using primary sources and dozens of Civil War photographs, Jarrow reveals the dangers, personality clashes, and other challenges faced by the nation’s first air force.
Robert H. Jackson:
New Deal Lawyer,
Supreme Court Justice,
Nuremberg Prosecutor
Only one man in history served as United States Solicitor General, Attorney General, and Supreme Court Justice. Yet he never attended college or earned a law degree. In the first biography about Jackson published in fifty years, Jarrow details his journey from rural New York to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's inner circle, the Supreme Court Bench, and the Nuremberg Trial.
The Printer's Trial:
The Case of John Peter Zenger
and the Fight for a Free Press
This important trial of a newspaper printer in colonial New York helped shape the Bill of Rights. Today’s headlines show that the debate about First Amendment press freedom continues, almost three hundred years later.
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