Read About It: 71st Anniversary of Pearl Harbor

Today marks the 71st anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, a day that changed the course of world history. The Chelsea District Library has a wide assortment of materials that commemorate that event and its impact on America.

• December 1941: 31 days that changed America and saved the world

In the days before the attack on Pearl Harbor, eyes in America were focused on the war in Europe or distracted by the elevated mood sweeping the country in the final days of the Great Depression. But when planes dropped out of a clear blue sky and bombed the American naval base and aerial targets in Hawaii, all of that changed. Author: Craig Shirley.

• Pearl Harbor: FDR leads the nation into war

Franklin D. Roosevelt famously called Dec. 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy." History would prove him correct; the events of that day-when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor-ended the Great Depression, changed the course of FDR's presidency, and swept America into World War II. Author: Steven Gillon.

• Tales from a Tin Can: The USS Dale from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay

What was life like on a destroyer during World War II? Find out by reading Michael Keith Olson's superb telling of tales of the war in the Pacific as seen from the deck of a very luck 'tin can.'

• Days of Infamy

It is Dec. 7, 1941, and the Japanese launch an attack against United States naval forces stationed in Pearl Harbor. The Japanese follow up their air assault with an invasion and occupation of Hawaii. Author: Harry Turtledove.

• Thin Wood Walls

Eleven-year-old Joe Hanada likes playing basketball with his best friend, Ray, writing plays and stories, and thinking about the upcoming Christmas holiday. But his world falls apart when Japanese planes bomb Pearl Harbor. His country goes to war. The FBI takes his father away. And neighbors and friends in his hometown near Seattle begin to suspect Joe, his family, and all Japanese Americans of spying for the enemy. Author: David Patneaude