He loves to uncover important but neglected stories in the human experience, particularly if they involve unimaginable heroism and surprising results. Martin Sandler is a passionate tennis player and a life long follower of the Boston Red Sox. He has taught American history and American studies at the University of Massachusetts and Smith College. Sandler has produced and written numerous series for television he was the creator and co-writer for the acclaimed 'This was America' series, hosted by William Shatner.

His best selling Library of Congress American History series have sold more than 500,000 copies. He is the author of more than eighty books, including Sterling's Resolute: The Epic Search for the Northwest Passage and John Franklin, and the Discovery of the Queen's Ghost Ship. Martin Sandler has received two Pulitzer Prize nominations, a Boston Hornīook Award for The Story of American Photography: An Illustrated History for young People, and seven emmy awards. (Bowker Author Biography) - biography from Resolute: The Epic Search for the Northwest Passage and John Franklin, and the Discovery of the Queen's Ghost Ship … ( more) In 2014 his title, Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans during World War II, made The New York Times Best Seller List. Martin Sandler has taught American history and American studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and at Smith College. Sandler include: Island of Hope: The Story of Ellis Island, Trapped in Ice, The Story of American Photography, The Vaqueros, America: A Celebration, and This Was America. Among Sandler's other books are the six volumes in his award-winning Library of Congress American History Series for Young People, a series which has sold more than 500,000 copies. He has won five Emmy Awards for his writing for television and is the author of more than sixty books, two of which have been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Sandler is the author of Lincoln Through the Lens and The Dust Bowl Through the Lens.

Imprisoned by Martin W. Sandler