MELTZER, Milton

MELTZER, Milton. American, b. 1915. Genres: Children's non-fiction, Film, History, Biography. Career: Federal Theatre Project of the Works Projects Administration, NYC, staff writer, 1936-39; CBS-Radio, NYC, researcher and writer, 1946; Public Relations Staff of Henry A. Wallace for President, 1947-49; Medical and Pharmaceutical Information Bureau, NYC, account executive, 1950-55; Pfizer, NYC, assistant director of public relations, 1955-60; Science and Medicine Publishing, NYC, editor, 1960-68; full-time writer of books, 1968-; University of Massachusetts, Amherst, adjunct professor, 1977-80; lecturer at universities in the US and England and at professional meetings and seminars; writer of films and filmstrips. Publications: NONFICTION FOR YOUNG READERS: A Light in the Dark: The Life of Samuel Gridley Howe, 1964; In Their Own Words: A History of the American Negro, Vol 1: 1619-1865, 1964, Vol 2: 1865-1916, 1965, Vol 3: 1916-1966, 1967, abridged ed. as The Black Americans: A History in Their Own Words, 1619-1983, 1984; Tongue of Flame: The Life of Lydia Maria Child, 1965; Time of Trial, Time of Hope: The Negro in America, 1919-1941, 1966; Thaddeus Stevens and the Fight for Negro Rights, 1967; Bread and Roses: The Struggle of American Labor, 1865-1915, 1967; Langston Hughes: A Biography, 1968; Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? The Great Depression, 1929-1933, 1969; (with L. Lader) Margaret Sanger: Pioneer of Birth Control, 1969; Freedom Comes to Mississippi, 1970; Slavery, Vol 1: From the Rise of Western Civilization to the Renaissance, 1971, Vol 2: From the Renaissance to Today, 1972, rev. ed. in 1vol as Slavery: A World History, 1993; To Change the World: A Picture History of Reconstruction, 1971; Hunted Like a Wolf: The Story of the Seminole War, 1972, rev. ed., 2003; The Right to Remain Silent, 1972; (with B. Cole) The Eye of Conscience, 1974; World of Our Fathers: The Jews of Eastern Europe, 1974; Remember the Days: A Short History of the Jewish American, 1974; Bound for the Rio Grande: The Mexican Struggle, 1845-1850, 1974; Taking Root: Jewish Immigrants in America, 1974; Violins and Shovels: The WPA Arts Projects, 1976; Never to Forget: The Jews of the Holocaust, 1976; The Human Rights Book, 1979; All Times, All Peoples: A World History of Slavery, 1980; The Chinese Americans, 1980; The Truth about the Ku Klux Klan, 1982; The Hispanic Americans, 1982; The Jewish Americans, 1982; The Terrorists, 1983; A Book about Names, 1984; Ain't Gonna Study War No More, 1985; Mark Twain: A Writer's Life, 1985; Betty Friedan: A Voice for Women's Rights, 1985; Dorothea Lange: Life through the Camera, 1985; The Jews in America: A Picture Album, 1985; Poverty in America, 1986; Winnie Mandela: The Soul of South Africa, 1986; George Washington and the Birth of Our Nation, 1986; Mary McLeod Bethune: Voice of Black Hope, 1987; The Landscape of Memory, 1987; The American Revolutionaries: A History in Their Own Words, 1750-1800, 1987; Starting from Home: A Writer's Beginnings, 1988; Rescue: The Story of How Gentiles Saved Jews in the Holocaust, 1988; Benjamin Franklin: The New American, 1988; American Politics: How It Really Works, 1989; Voices from the Civil War: A Documentary History of the Great American Conflict, 1989; The Bill of Rights: How We Got It and What It Means, 1990; Crime in America, 1990; Columbus and the World around Him, 1990; The American Promise: Voices of a Changing Nation, 1945-Present, 1990; Thomas Jefferson: The Revolutionary Aristocrat, 1991; The Amazing Potato, 1992; Andrew Jackson and His America, 1993; Lincoln: In His Own Words, 1993; Gold: The True Story, 1993; Cheap Raw Material: How Our Youngest Workers Are Exploited and Abused, 1994. OTHER: (with L. Hughes) A Pictorial History of the Negro in America, 1956, 5th ed. (also with C.E. Lincoln) as A Pictorial History of Black Americans, 1983, rev. ed. as African American History, 1990, rev. ed. (also with J.M. Spencer) as A Pictorial History of African Americans, 1995; Mark Twain Himself, 1960; (ed.) Milestones to American Liberty, 1961, rev. ed., 1965; (ed. with W. Harding) A Thoreau Profile, 1962; (ed.) Thoreau: People, Principles and Politics, 1963; (with Hughes) Black Magic, 1967, rev. ed., 1990; Underground Man (novel), 1972; Dorothea Lange: A Photographer's Life, 1978, rev. ed., 2000; (ed. with P.G. Holland and F. Krasno) The Collected Correspondence of Lydia Maria Child, 1817-1880: Guide and Index to the Microfiche Edition, 1980; (ed. with P.G. Holland) Lydia Maria Child: Selected Letters, 1817-1880, 1982; Nonfiction for the Classroom: Milton Meltzer on Writing, History, and Social Responsibility, 1994. SERIES EDITOR: Women of America, 1962-74; Zenith Books, 1963- 73; Firebird Books, 1968-72. SCRIPTWRITER: History of the American Negro (series of 3 half-hour films), 1965; Five, 1971; The Bread and Roses Strike: Lawrence, 1912, 1980; The Camera of My Family, 1981; American Family: The Merlins, 1982. Author of scripts for radio and television. Contributor to periodicals. Address: 263 West End Ave Apt 9G, New York, NY 10023, U.S.A.