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Ron SchloeRb/cape cod TimeS<br />
Martin Sandler of Cotuit sits in his home office surrounded by his work. Martin is the author of the “Through the Lens” series, which presents<br />
history to young adults through pictures.<br />
MArTIN SANdLer<br />
A historian makes his own history.<br />
by SaRa Webb QueST<br />
Picture a steadily developing<br />
minor league baseball<br />
player whose career is cut<br />
short by injury. Now picture<br />
the man becoming a<br />
history teacher who finds his class<br />
text so boring, he creates his own,<br />
one that brings history to life. The<br />
book becomes an instant best seller<br />
(“The People Make a Nation,” Allyn<br />
and Bacon, 1971).<br />
These are just drops in an ocean<br />
of captivating events in the life of<br />
77-year-old Martin Sandler, a man<br />
who decided to make history what it<br />
should be – about people and what<br />
motivates them – by letting them<br />
tell their own stories.<br />
Martin already made history with<br />
his detective work, which has led to<br />
new historical revelations in modern<br />
literature, as well as producing<br />
award-winning photographic books.<br />
Martin and I talked in a quiet<br />
conference room at the Osterville<br />
Village Library. I asked how he – a<br />
book author – had come to receive<br />
PlEAsE sEE sandlER, page 30<br />
Now picture the man<br />
becoming a history<br />
teacher who finds<br />
his class text so<br />
boring, he creates his<br />
own, one that brings<br />
history to life.
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