Nonfiction / History / Biography:The Johnstown Flood (1968), The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge (1972), The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870–1914 (1977), Mornings on Horseback (1981), Brave Companions: Portraits in History (1991), Truman (1992), John Adams (2001), 1776 (2005), In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story (2010), The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris (2011), The Wright Brothers (2015), The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For (2017), The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West (2019)
This research guide was created by Emma Cowan, English Department Intern, Gumberg Library, March 2025.
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