Margaret Fisher Hertel
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Margaret ("Peggy") Fisher Hertel, was an American author, editor and community activist. The daughter of American Presbyterian missionaries in Iran, Mrs. Hertel had a deep knowledge of the divisions that continue to roil the Middle East; she fought for inter-religious and inter-racial tolerance at home and abroad. Born in Hamadan, Iran, the daughter of Commodore and Franke Fisher, Mrs. Hertel lived in that country until she was 16 years old, returning to attend the Northfield School for Girls in Massachusetts (today, Northfield Mount Hermon School) for her last two years of high school. From there, she went on to attend Maryville College in Tennessee, graduating in 1954 with a teaching degree. Mrs. Hertel moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1956 and taught in the Godwin Public Schools for several years. Thereafter, she was hired by Fideler Publishing Company, where she wrote and edited children's social studies textbooks for over two decades. In 1964, she married Philip Hertel. In addition to her career with Fideler Publishing, Mrs. Hertel later worked as an editor with Gateway Publishing and with Gemini Publications, the parent company of Grand Rapids Magazine. Source: [Metcalf & Jonkhoff](
Books
Asia
Asia tackles the tough issues, the complex problems, and the political controversies surrounding the environment of this vast landmass. This volume encompasses everything from economics, land use, energy and transportation, to air pollution, rivers and lakes, oceans, and species and habitat protection.In Malaysia, unchecked discharges of industrial waste and human sewage led the government to label 42 of its rivers officially "dead." According to some estimates, Southeast Asia alone accounts for more than half of the world's total transport of sediment to the oceans. In the Philippines, the Chico River dam project, which would have subjected 100,000 tribespeople to relocation, was canceled when the World Bank withdrew funding after fierce resistance from the indigenous people. This fascinating book offers a comprehensive look at how the most populated continent on earth contends with its complicated environment.
Creating clear images
An English textbook emphasizing sentence structure and composition.
Christmas in many lands
Pictures with accompanying text show customs of the Christmas celebration in England, Germany, Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, France, Spain, Italy, and Mexico.
Colonial America
Between the time the first European settlers established a colony at Jamestown in 1607 through the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the outlines of America's distinctive political culture, economic system, social life, and cultural patterns had begun to emerge. This encyclopedia captures it all: the people, institutions, ideas, events, and the creation of the first three hundred years of American history. While it focuses on the thirteen British colonies stretching along the Atlantic, Colonial America sets this history in its larger contexts. Entries also cover Canada, the American Southwest and Mexico, and the Caribbean and Atlantic world directly impacting the history of the thirteen colonies. This encyclopedia explores the complete early history of what would become the United States, including portraits of Native American life in the immediate pre-contact period, early Spanish exploration, and the first settlements by Spanish, French, Dutch, Swedish, and English colonists.