Draft:Martin W. Sandler

Martin W. Sandler (born February 11, 1933) is an American historian, writer and teacher, the author of more than 50 books about American history and photography,   and the winner of the 2019 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.

Biography
Sandler attended Providence College on a baseball scholarship, receiving a B.A. in history, and earned a Masters of Arts in history from Brown University.

Career
Sandler worked as a history and English teacher and baseball coach at Quincy Central Junior High School in Quincy, MA and head of school at Stowe Preparatory Academy in Stowe, Vt. He subsequently taught American Studies at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and Smith College, and held an editor's job at Allyn and Bacon in the 1960s.

While a teacher, Sandler endeavored to revitalize the teaching of secondary-school history with a 1971 textbook, The People Make a Nation, that called on students to draw conclusions about history from examining and interpreting primary sources, instead of memorizing facts and narratives.

Selected Awards, reviews and recognition

 * Seibert Medal Honor Book, 2024 - "Shipwrecked: Searching for Time Capsules on the Ocean Floor"
 * Winner, National Book Award, Young People's Literature, 2019 – "1919: The Year that Changed America"
 * Washington Post Best Children's Book, 2019 – "1919: The Year that Changed America"
 * Finalist, 2018 American Library Association Young Adult Library Services Association Non Fiction Award – "The Wydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked and Found"
 * Finalist, 2014 American Library Association Young Adult Library Services Association Non Fiction Award – "Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans During World War II"