Product Details
ISBN-13: 9781426326639
Media Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Disney Publishing Group
Publication Date: 01-03-2017
Pages: 128
Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range: 10 - 14 Years
About the Author
MICHAEL H. COTTMAN, Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and author, is a former political reporter for the WashingtonPost. Cottman has appeared on National Public Radio's (NPR) "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin and also the Oprah Winfrey Show in 2000 to discuss his (adult) book The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie. Cottman also serves as a special consultant to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for a national, multimedia project, "Voyage to Discovery," an education initiative that focuses on the African-American contribution to the maritime industry spanning 300 years and efforts to teach students of color about careers in marine biology and oceanography.