Shapiro, Irwin 1911-1981

Overview

Works:	217 works in 422 publications in 2 languages and 10,438 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction Sea stories Psychological fiction Juvenile works Action and adventure fiction Sea fiction History Allegories Adventure stories Pictorial works
Roles:	Author, Editor, Translator, Other, Adapter, Performer
Classifications:	PS2384, 813.3

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Irwin Shapiro

Irwin Shapiro Papers by Irwin Shapiro( )

Most widely held works by Irwin Shapiro

The story of Yankee whaling by Irwin Shapiro( Book )

16 editions published between 1959 and 1965 in English and held by 886 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Gives a history of whaling in New England

Heroes in American folklore by Irwin Shapiro( Book )

9 editions published between 1962 and 1975 in English and held by 635 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The five heroes whose stories are told are Casey Jones, Joe Magarac, John Henry, Steamboat Bill, and Old Stormalong. Grades 5-8

The golden book of America; stories from our country's past by American heritage( Book )

6 editions published between 1957 and 1973 in English and held by 591 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A pictorial history of America from the age of discovery to the dawn of the air age. Included are accounts of such topics as explorers, Indians, Famous men and women, sailing ships, country stores and dime novels

The golden book of the Renaissance by Irwin Shapiro( Book )

7 editions published between 1961 and 2000 in English and held by 589 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Many colored paintings illustrate this account of a vivid period in world history

Yankee thunder; the legendary life of Davy Crockett by Irwin Shapiro( Book )

11 editions published between 1944 and 1971 in English and held by 492 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Grades 6-9

Twice upon a time by Irwin Shapiro( Book )

9 editions published between 1938 and 1999 in English and Undetermined and held by 353 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A wandering writer finds trouble in the kingdom of Gib-Gib where the king wants everything twice as big, twice as much, or twice as long as anywhere else in the world

The hungry ghost mystery by Irwin Shapiro( Book )

2 editions published between 1978 and 1987 in English and held by 337 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The evidence of a ghost in their new house seems conclusive until two boys discover something else in an old graveyard

Tall tales of America by Irwin Shapiro( Book )

5 editions published between 1958 and 1968 in English and held by 328 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Tall tales of Pecos Bill, Anthony and the Mossbunker, Old Stormalong, Johnny Appleseed, Davy Crockett, Sam Patch, Paul Bunyan, John Henry and Joe Magarac

Smokey Bear's camping book by Irwin Shapiro( Book )

2 editions published in 1976 in English and held by 291 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Smokey Bear discusses safety and camping tips, forest lore, and outdoor fun for campers

Paul Bunyan tricks a dragon by Irwin Shapiro( Book )

2 editions published in 1975 in English and held by 290 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Relates how Paul Bunyan saved his pancakes from a dragon

Tenggren's golden tales from the Arabian nights by Gustaf Tenggren( Book )

1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 273 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Illustrated retellings of ten stories of Scheherazade, along with the legend of how they came to be told

The gift of magic sleep : early experiments in anesthesia by Irwin Shapiro( Book )

1 edition published in 1979 in English and held by 270 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Traces the discovery of anesthesia in the mid-19th century discussing the contributions of the four men most directly responsible, Crawford W. Long, Horace Wells, William Morton, and Charles Jackson

Willie's whizmobile by Irwin Shapiro( Book )

2 editions published in 1973 in English and held by 269 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When one of his roller skates is hopelessly damaged, Willie uses the other to invent a device with which he can still win a race at the fair

Darwin and the enchanted isles by Irwin Shapiro( Book )

1 edition published in 1977 in English and held by 229 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Describes the events leading to Darwin's voyage on the Beagle and the subsequent theories on evolution he posed based mainly on observations made on the Galapagos Islands

Joe Magarac and his U.S.A. citizen papers by Irwin Shapiro( Book )

5 editions published between 1948 and 1979 in English and held by 227 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Presents the tale of the Hungarian-born hero of the western Pennsylvania steel mills who could make steel rails bare-fingered

The Universal history of the world( Book )

3 editions published in 1966 in English and held by 221 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Dan McCann and his fast sooner hound by Irwin Shapiro( Book )

1 edition published in 1975 in English and held by 198 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Chagrined that the hound Sooner continually outruns his trains, the roadmaster pits the dog's speed against that of his fastest train, the Cannon Ball

Moby Dick by Herman Melville( Book )

5 editions published between 1973 and 1979 in English and Spanish and held by 194 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A retelling of Moby Dick in comic book format

Sam Patch, champion jumper by Irwin Shapiro( Book )

2 editions published in 1972 in English and held by 187 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A jumpy Rhode Island boy leaps his way to fame and then disappears in an amazing jump right through the earth

The prediction of ballistic missile trajectories from radar observations by Lincoln Laboratory( Book )

2 editions published in 1958 in English and held by 171 WorldCat member libraries worldwide