Book-A-Day Almanac

The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
Illustrated by Robert Lawson

On July 18, 1936, General Francisco Franco led an uprising of army troops in North Africa against the elected government of Spain. So began the Spanish Civil War, sometimes called “the first media war” because foreign correspondents and writers became involved—people like Ernest Hemingway and George Orwell. One would not expect this event to have […]

Featured on July 31, 2011