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AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION
Students in a high school history class are shocked to see Anthony in photographs of the Civil War. The "Philadelphia Textbook Mystery" makes national headlines. Scientists converge on Anthony's home to study his time machine - the picture frame on his bedroom wall. The author, Michael S. Class, interviews Anthony about his adventures in the past.
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CHAPTER 1: THE MAGIC PICTURE FRAME
The Magic Picture Frame invites Anthony on a journey through time.
- SUBJECTS: Time travel.
- MORAL: "Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it." -- Lewis Carroll
- INCLUDES: 2 photos, 1 footnote, and recommendations for 16 books, 45 movies, 22 songs, and 5 places to visit!
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CHAPTER 2: THE MEN ON THE MOON
On July 20, 1969, Anthony joins the crew of Apollo 11 and walks on the moon with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Then, he skips back to 1959 and meets America's seven original Mercury astronauts. On an October night in 1957, Anthony sees Sputnik streak across the sky.
- SUBJECTS: The Space Race, Apollo 11, astronauts, America's destiny in space, physics, technology, courage.
- MORAL: "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." -- Helen Keller
- INCLUDES: 10 photos, 55 footnotes, plus recommendations for 41 books, 46 movies, 16 songs, and 21 places to visit!
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CHAPTER 3: TO AMERICA I WILL GO
In 1907, Anthony meets his ten-year-old great-grandfather on a steamship bound for America. Together, they walk through the doors to America on Ellis Island, experience the trenches of World War I, the roaring twenties, and the breadlines of the Great Depression. Anthony is with his great-grandfather the day he becomes an American.
- SUBJECTS: Immigration, Ellis Island, World War I, the Great Depression, business, economics, family, responsibility, being American.
- MORAL: "Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all." -- Theodore Roosevelt
- INCLUDES: 16 photos, 55 footnotes, plus recommendations for 121 books, 131 movies, 69 songs, and 37 places to visit!
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CHAPTER 4: STEPS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
On May 20, 1927, Anthony climbs into the cockpit of the Spirit of St. Louis with Charles Lindbergh. Thirty-three nail-biting hours later, they land in Paris to the thunderous cheers of thousands of people who have waited for the arrival of the fearless American flier.
- SUBJECTS: Charles Lindbergh, aviation, destiny, courage, planning, decision-making.
- MORAL: "Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is something to be achieved." -- William Jennings Bryan
- INCLUDES: 8 photos, 22 footnotes, plus recommendations for 21 books, 24 movies, 7 songs, and 10 places to visit!
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CHAPTER 5: THE BUSINESS OF GENIUS
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Anthony works in Thomas Edison's laboratory and witnesses the invention of the phonograph, the light bulb, and the motion picture. Anthony sees Edison create companies, not just products.
- SUBJECTS: Thomas Edison, science, economics, business, invention, hard work, perseverance.
- MORAL: "I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it." -- Thomas Jefferson
- INCLUDES: 10 photos, 40 footnotes, plus recommendations for 38 books, 29 movies, 6 songs, and 14 places to visit!
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CHAPTER 6: FOR YOUR TOMORROW
On D-Day, June 6, 1944, Anthony is with the brave soldiers who storm the beaches of Normandy. Anthony witnesses the liberation of Europe from Hitler's evil clutch. Anthony speaks with survivors of the Holocaust. On February 23, 1945, Anthony watches battle-weary Marines raise the American flag on Iwo Jima. On August 6, 1945, Anthony is in the cockpit of the Enola Gay when the atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. At the close of World War II, Anthony meets Audie Murphy.
- SUBJECTS: World War II, the Holocaust, good and evil, right and wrong, responsibility, courage.
- MORAL: "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing." -- Edmund Burke
- INCLUDES: 10 photos, 49 footnotes, plus recommendations for 105 books, 162 movies, 33 songs, and 30 places to visit!
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CHAPTER 7: THE LUCKIEST MAN
Anthony drops in on the 1927 New York Yankees and plays baseball with Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth. Anthony witnesses the quiet strength and noble character of Lou Gehrig, the "Iron Horse of Baseball." Anthony is with Lou Gehrig when he is diagnosed with ALS and when he retires from baseball.
- SUBJECTS: Lou Gehrig, ALS, baseball, character, responsibility, family, contribution.
- MORAL: "God has two dwellings: one in Heaven, and the other in the meek and thankful heart." -- Izaak Walton
- INCLUDES: 8 photos, 39 footnotes, plus recommendations for 40 books, 39 movies, 6 songs, and 14 places to visit!
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CHAPTER 8: THE VACCINE
Anthony meets President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and witnesses his personal triumph over polio. Anthony is present at the founding of the March of Dimes. Anthony meets Doctor Jonas Salk, and watches him lead a new scientific and medical effort to conquer polio. Anthony is with Doctor Salk on April 12, 1955, when the world hears the news that Doctor Salk's vaccine is safe and effective and will save future generations of children from the agony of polio.
- SUBJECTS: FDR, Jonas Salk, history of vaccines, polio, science, medicine, competition, risk-taking, purpose, calling.
- MORAL: "Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose." -- Leonardo Da Vinci
- INCLUDES: 8 photos, 36 footnotes, plus recommendations for 29 books, 33 movies, 5 songs, and 9 places to visit!
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CHAPTER 9: IN ANTHONY'S TIME
Anthony returns to his own time to ponder the lessons of history. Anthony begins to see his modern world in a new light. Anthony chooses his destiny by making a significant life choice.
- SUBJECTS: God, right and wrong, modern America, the War on Terror, living a life of purpose.
- MORAL: "This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- INCLUDES: 2 photos, 15 footnotes, plus recommendations for 27 books, 41 movies, 27 songs, and 12 places to visit!
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Anthony and the Magic Picture Frame:
The History Book with a Message for Today's Young Americans
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