Richard Panchyk: Author of 17 books

Available in softcover and hardcover!

Discover the Keys to American History now!

Now available:
101 Glimpses of the South Fork, published by The History Press.
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Also...now available in hardcover and paperback - The Keys to American History, a new history book for ages 12 and up, featuring more than 70 of America's most important documents and speeches along with background and illustrations. The book has received praise from Ralph Nader.

This is what Nader wrote about the book:

"Historical interpretations of key documents in our country's history can stray, can change over time and can be partial to the shifting sands of each generation. With this in mind, Richard Panchyk, an often published educational author, provides the literal documents that marked many dramatic changes, directions and expansions of the United States.

"There is always something refreshing in working through original documents. It allows a more pristine reflection on the uses of history.

"What is to be learned or unlearned; the comparative range of concern for the immediate and for posterity. How narrow frameworks collided with what turned out to be a spectacular bargain--the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Tsar in 1867.

"These documents speak of rebellion, courage, compromise, cruelty, greed, foresight, deception, freedom, prejudice, virtue, tragedy, vindictiveness, shifts of power, giveaways, equality, fear, aggression, rights, obligations, mobilization, land conservation and revisions--in short, the evolution of the U.S.A.

"Mr. Panchyk supplements these documents with contemporary opinions by public officials, the press and historians. Many of these comments educate us toward skepticism about the frailties of predictions and the occlusive efforts of narrow frames of reference.

"The book will help sharpen critical capacities and temper rushes to judgment that all generations are prone to commit, especially in this day of sound bytes, websites, blogs and supersonic information bits
that pile up without being subjected to the tests of knowledge, judgment, and that trait called wisdom."

-- Ralph Nader, 2008

The journal and magazine reviews are also in:

"A one-of-a-kind, easy to use resource" - Kirkus Reviews

"An engrossing chronicle of America's fight to achieve its highest ideals” – Curriculum Review

An "impressive collection" and a "valuable resource" - School Library Journal

Richard Panchyk is the author or editor of 17 books on a diverse range of topics, including children's nonfiction (astronomy, history, archaeology, art, politics/government) and adult nonfiction (history and folklore). His works have been translated into four languages.

Among his books are the award-winning and bestselling World War II for Kids, which is available at bookstores and museum gift shops across the nation, and can be found in more than 650 library systems around the US. This book is considered as one of the top books ever published for teaching kids ages 9 and up about the war, and is used in schools and by homeschoolers from New York to Alaska. It features a foreword from the 2008 Republican presidential candidate, John McCain.

Panchyk is also the author of the lavishly illustrated Galileo for Kids, which tells the story of the brilliant scientist Galileo Galilei, and features a foreword by the history-making astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

To order autographed copies of any of his books, or for more information, you may contact the author at panchyk@yahoo.com.

Richard Panchyk's 2008 releases are German New York City, published as part of the famous Images of America series by Arcadia and 101 Glimpses of Long Island's North Shore, published by The History Press.

German New York City is the first-ever major book to cover the exciting story of the German population in one of the world's biggest cities. It features nearly 200 historic photographs.

101 Glimpses is a pocket-sized book offering a snapshot of different beautiful locales along the historic North Shore, and features a foreword by Thomas Suozzi.

Also published in 2008 is Forgotten Tales of Long Island, a local besteller about the quirky true stories from LI's past, including giant radishes and naked ghosts.