Martin W. Sandler

Whaling in the Arctic waters off Alaska’s coast was as dangerous as it was lucrative in 1897....

Experience the race of rails to link the country - and meet the men behind this incredible feat - in a riveting story about the building of the transcontinental railroad....

A nation in need of hope, the most powerful rocket ever launched, and the first three men to break the bounds of Earth: Apollo 8 was headed to the moon....

This is the exciting true story of the captaincy, wreck, and discovery of the Whydah - the only pirate ship ever found - and the incredible mysteries it revealed....

100 years later the same social issues of 1919 are still relevant. Sandler traces the momentum and setbacks of these movements through this last century, showing that progress isn’t always a straight line....

Had the Beatles been simply the most successful musical group of all time, their place in history would be secure. But they were much, much more....

"The only thing new in the world," said Harry S. Truman, "is the history you don't know." In this fresh and fascinating collection of historical vignettes, Martin W. Sandler restores to memory important events, people, and developments that have been lost to time.

Shipwrecked! is a riveting deep dive into some of the world’s most incredible shipwrecks and what they reveal about human history....