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  Monographs

Brave Companions: Portraits in History. New York: Prentice Hall, 1992.

Cover for John Adams The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1972.

John Adams. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001.

The Johnstown Flood. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1968.

Mornings on Horseback. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981.

The Path between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981.

Truman. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1992.

Why History? New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996.


Works Edited

American Heritage Picture History of World War II. New York: American Heritage Publications, 1966.


Articles and Other Contributions

"Foreword" to A Bully Father: Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children. New York: Random House, 1995.

"Foreword" to Forgotten Heroes: Inspiring American Portraits from Our Leading Historians. Edited by Susan Ware. New York: Free Press, 1998.

"Foreword" to Great American Bridges and Dams: A National Trust Guide. Edited by Donald C. Jackson. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1988.

"Foreword" to Influenza 1918: The Worst Epidemic in American History. By Lynette Iezzoni. New York: TV Books, 1999.

"Foreword" to Reagan: An American Story. By Adriana Bosch. New York: TV Books, 2000.

"Foreword" to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. Edited by Ann M. Lucas and Rebecca L. Bowman. New York: Monacelli Press, 1997.

"Foreword" to Thomas Mellon and His Times. By Thomas Mellon. Pittsburgh: University Press of Pittsburgh, 1994.

"How Teddy Roosevelt Charged through Asthma." American Lung Association Bulletin, 68.1 (January-February 1982).

"Introduction" to An American Chronology: The Photographs of David Plowden. New York: Viking Press, 1982.

"Introduction" to Small Town America. By David Plowden. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1994.

"Introduction" to Watt Matthews of Lambshead. By Laura C. Wilson. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1989.

"Introduction" to Wendell Minor: Art for the Written Word: 25 Years of Book Cover Art. By Wendell Minor. San Diego: Harcourt Brace, 1995.

"Power and the Presidency: What's Essential Is Invisible." Power and the Presidency. Edited by Robert A. Wilson. New York: Public Affairs, 1999.

"A Sense of Time and Place." Past Meets Future: Saving America's Historic Environments. Edited by Antionette J. Lee. Washington, DC: Preservation Press, 1992.

"What the Fog Wrought: The Revolution's Dunkirk, August 29, 1776." What If?: The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been: Essays. Edited by Robert Cowley. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1999.


PBS Documentaries Narrated

"Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided." Directed by David Grubin, written by David Grubin and Geoffrey C. Ward. Alexandria, VA: PBS Home Video, 2001.

"Battle of the Bulge." Produced by Thomas Lennon, written by Thomas Lennon and Mark Zwonitzer. Alexandria, VA: PBS Home Video, 1994.

"Brooklyn Bridge." Written and edited by Amy Stechler, produced by Florentine Films. Alexandria, VA: PBS Home Video, 1995.

"The Civil War." Producer by Ken and Ric Burns, written by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken and Ric Burns. Alexandria, VA: PBS Home Video, 1990.

"Degenerate Art." Written, produced and directed by David Grubin. Alexandria, VA: PBS Home Video, 1993.

"The Donner Party." Written and directed by Ric Burns, produced by Florentine Films. Alexandria, VA: PBS Home Video, 1992.

"Eisenhower." Written and produced by Adriana Bosch and Austin Hoyt. Alexandria, VA: PBS Home Video, 1993.

"FDR." Written and produced by David Grubin. Alexandria, VA: PBS Home Video, 1994.

"Huey Long." Directed by Ken Burns, written by Ken Burns and Richard Kilberg. Alexandria, VA: PBS Home Video, 1985.

"LBJ: A Biography." David Grubin Productions. Alexandria, VA: PBS Home Video, 1991.

"Napoleon." Written and directed by David Grubin, produced by David Grubin and Allyson Luchak. New York City: David Grubin Productions, 2000.

"Secrets of a Master Builder." Written and produced by Carl Charlson. Alexandria, VA: PBS Home Video, 2000.

"The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God." Directed by Ken Burns, produced by Ken and Amy Stechler Burns. Alexandria, VA: PBS Home Video, 1985.

"The Statue of Liberty." Produced by Buddy Squires and Ken Burns, written by Bernard A. Weisberger and Geoffrey C. Ward. Alexandria, VA: PBS Home Video, 1996.

Prepared by Donna McClish of NEH's Library.