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(1915-2009) Author. Milton Meltzer was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and died in Manhattan, New York. He was known for his nonfiction books for young people.

Full Name

Milton Meltzer

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1915

BIRTH

Milton Meltzer was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1915.

1932

OTHER

Meltzer studied at Columbia University in Manhattan, New York, from 1932 until 1936.

1956

LITWORK

A Pictorial History Of The Negro In America
Crown.

Nonfiction written with Langston Hughes.

1965

LITWORK

In Their Own Words: A History Of The American Negro
Crowell.

Nonfiction.

1968

LITWORK

Bread And Roses: The Struggle Of American Labor, 1865-1915
Knopf.

Nonfiction.

1982

LITWORK

The Jewish Americans: A History In Their Own Words
Crowell.

Nonfiction.

1987

LITWORK

The American Revolutionaries: A History in Their Own Words 1750-1800
San Val.
9780785713616
Nonfiction for young people.

1988

LITWORK

Rescue : The Story of How Gentiles Saved Jews in the Holocaust
HarperCollins Publishers.
9780060242091
Nonfiction for young people.

1988

LITWORK

Mary McLeod Bethune: Voice of Black Hope
Penguin Group (USA).

9780140322194
Nonfiction for young people.

1992

LITWORK

The Amazing Potato
HarperCollins.

Nonfiction.

2006

LITWORK

The Underground Man
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
9780152055189
Novel.

2007

LITWORK

Albert Einstein: A Biography
Holiday House, Inc.
9780823419661
Nonfiction for young people.

2009

DEATH

Milton Meltzer died in Manhattan, New York, in 2009.

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