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Kuhn, Betsy
3 Reviews
(3)
YA
Kuhn explores the legal and personal issues surrounding present-day privacy rights. She describes the challenges to privacy posed both by technological advances and fear of terrorism and outlines significant Supreme Court cases dealing with privacy concerns. The solidly written though dense text will serve as a good starting place for research. Some well-captioned photographs break up the pages. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., glos., ind.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth
(4)
YA
People's History series.
Beginning with the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik, Kuhn describes the history and mindset leading to the fierce competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to be the first to send astronauts to the moon. The photographs and page layouts are disappointingly workmanlike, but Kuhn's prose is clear and lively. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth
(4)
YA
Using first-person accounts and archival black-and-white photos, Kuhn presents the stirring anecdotes of nurses who served in WWII. Although transitions from the European to the Pacific theater are not clearly signaled between stories, the nurses' fortitude comes through plainly as they laugh at hardship and recount good times and adventure, more than they discuss the horror of war. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
3 reviews
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