Landmark Books Series
By Heather Idoni
Updated Saturday, March 28, 2009
- Abe Lincoln: Log Cabin to White House by Sterling North
- The Adventures and Discoveries of Marco Polo by Richard J. Walsh
- The Adventures of Ulysses by Gerald Gottlieb
- The Alaska Gold Rush by May McNeer
- Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr by Anna and Russell Crouse
- Alexander the Great by John Gunther
- The American Revolution by Bruce Bliven, Jr.
- Americans into Orbit: The Story of Project Mercury by Gene Gurney
- America's First World War: General Pershing by Henry Castor
- Andrew Carnegie and the Age of Steel by Katherine B. Shippen
- Balboa: Swordsman and Conquistador by Felix Riesenberg
- The Barbary Pirates by C. S. Forester
- The Battle for Iwo Jima by Robert Leckie
- The Battle for the Atlantic by Jay Williams
- The Battle of Britain by Quentin Reynolds
- The Battle of the Bulge by John Toland
- Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia by Margaret Cousins
- Ben-Gurion and the Birth of Israel by Joan Comay
- Betsy Ross and the Flag by Jane Mayer
- Buffalo Bill's Great Wild West Show by Walter Havighurst
- The Building of the First Transcontinental Railroad by Adele Nathan
- The California Gold Rush by May McNeer
- Captain Cook Explores the South Seas by Armstrong Sperry
- Captain Cortes Conquers Mexico by William Johnson
- Catherine the Great by Katherine Scherman
- Chief of the Cossacks by Harold Lamb
- Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross by Helen Boylston
- Cleopatra of Egypt by Leonora Hornblow
- Clipper Ship Days by John Jennings
- Combat Nurses of World War II by Wyatt Blassingame
- The Coming of the Mormons by Jim Kjelgaard
- The Commandos of World War II by Hodding Carter
- Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan by Ferdinand Kuhn
- The Conquest of the North and South Poles by Russell Owen
- The Copper Kings of Montana by Marian T. Place
- The Crusades by Anthony West
- Custer's Last Stand by Quentin Reynolds
- Daniel Boone and the Opening of the Wilderness Road by John Mason Brown
- Davy Crockett by Stewart H. Holbrook
- Disaster at Johnstown: the Great Flood by Hildegarde Dolson
- The Doctors Who Conquered Yellow Fever by Ralph Nading Hill
- Dolly Madison by Jane Mayer
- Dwight D. Eisenhower by Malcom Moos
- The Early Days of Automobiles in America by Elizabeth Janeway
- The Erie Canal by Samuel Hopkins Adams
- Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys by Slater Brown
- Evangeline and the Acadians by Robert Tallant
- The Exploits of Xenophon by Geoffrey Household
- The Explorations of Pere Marquette by Jim Kjelgaard
- Exploring the Himalaya by William O. Douglas
- The F.B.I. by Quentin Reynolds
- The Fall of Constantinople by Bernadine Kielty
- Famous Pirates of the New World by A. B. C. Whipple
- Ferdinand Magellan: Master Mariner by Seymour Gates Pond
- The First Men in the World by Anne Terry White (evolutionary / NOT recommended)
- The First Overland Mail by Robert Pinkerton
- The First Transatlantic Cable by Adele Gutman Nathan
- Flat Tops by Edmund Castillo
- The Flight and Adventures of Charles II by Charles Norman
- Florence Nightingale by Ruth Fox Hume
- The Flying Aces of World War I by Gene Gurney
- The Flying Tigers by John Toland
- The French Foreign Legion by Wyatt Blassingame
- From Casablanca to Berlin by Bruce Bliven, Jr.
- From Pearl Harbor To Okinawa by Bruce Bliven, Jr.
- Garibaldi: Father of Modern Italy by Marcia Davenport
- General Brock and Niagara Falls by Samuel Hopkins Adams
- Genghis Kahn and the Mongol Horde by Harold Lamb
- George Washington Carver by Anne Terry White
- George Washington: Frontier Colonel by Sterling North
- Geronimo: Wolf of the Warpath by Ralph Moody
- Gettysburg by MacKinlay Kantor
- The Golden Age of Railroads by Stewart H. Holbrook
- Great American Fighter Pilots of World War II by Robert D. Loomis
- Great Men of Medicine by Ruth Fox Hume
- Guadalcanal Diary by Richard Tregaskis
- Hawaii, Gem of the Pacific by Oscar Lewis
- Hero of Trafalgar by A. B. C. Whipple
- Heroines of the Early West by Nancy Wilson Ross
- Hudson's Bay Company by Richard Morenus
- Jesus of Nazareth by Harry Emerson Fosdick (NOT recommended)
- Joan of Arc by Nancy Wilson Ross
- John F. Kennedy and PT 109 by Richard Tregaskis
- John James Audubon by Margaret and John Kieran
- John Paul Jones, Fighting Sailor by Armstrong Sperry
- Julius Caesar by John Gunther
- King Arthur and His Knights by Mabel Louise Robinson
- Kit Carson and the Wild Frontier by Ralph Moody
- The Landing of the Pilgrims by James Daugherty
- Lawrence of Arabia by Alistair MacLean
- Lee and Grant at Appomattox by MacKinlay Kantor
- Leonardo da Vinci by Emily Hahn
- The Lewis and Clark Expedition by Richard L. Neuberger
- The Life of Saint Patrick by Quentin Reynolds
- The Life of Saint Paul by Harry Emerson Fosdick (NOT recommended)
- Lincoln and Douglas: The Years of Decision by Regina Z. Kelly
- The Louisiana Purchase by Robert Tallant
- The Magna Charta by James Daugherty
- The Man Who Changed China: The Story of Sun Yat-sen by Pearl S. Buck
- Marie Antoinette by Bernadine Kielty
- Marquis de Lafayette: Bright Sword of Freedom by Hodding Carter
- Martin Luther by Harry Emerson Fosdick (NOT a recommended author)
- Mary, Queen of Scots by Emily Hahn
- Medal of Honor Heroes by Colonel Red Reeder
- Medical Corps Heros of World War II by Wyatt Blassingame
- Midway, Battle for the Pacific by Edmund L. Castillo
- The Mississippi Bubble by Thomas B. Costain
- The Moniter and the Merrimac by Fletcher Pratt
- Mr. Bell Invents the Telephone by Katherine B. Shippen
- The Mysterious Voyage of Captain Kidd by ABC Whipple
- Napoleon and the Battle of Waterloo by Frances Winwar
- Old Ironsides, the Fighting Constitution by Harry Hansen
- Our Independence and the Constitution by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
- The Panama Canal by Bob Considine
- Paul Revere and the Minute Men by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
- Peter Stuyvesant of Old New York by Anna and Russell Crouse
- The Pharoahs of Ancient Egypt by Elizabeth Payne
- The Pirate Lafitte and the Battle of New Orleans by Robert Tallant
- Pocahontas and Captain John Smith by Marie Lawson
- The Pony Express by Samuel Hopkins Adams
- Prehistoric America by Anne Terry White
- Queen Elizabeth and the Spanish Armada by Frances Winwar
- Queen Victoria by Noel Streatfeild
- Remember the Alamo! by Robert Penn Warren
- The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler by William L. Shirer
- Robert E. Lee and the Road of Honor by Hodding Carter
- Robert Fulton and the Steamboat by Ralph Nading Hill
- Rogers' Rangers and the French and Indian War by Bradford Smith
- The Royal Canadian Mounted Police by Richard L. Neuberger
- Sam Houston, the Tallest Texan by William Johnson
- The Santa Fe Trail by Samuel Hopkins Adams
- The Seabees of World War II by Edmund Castillo
- Sequoyah: Leader of the Cherokees by Alice Marriott
- Simon Bolivar, the Great Liberator by Arnold Whitridge
- The Sinking of the Bismarck by William L. Shirer
- The Slave Who Freed Haiti: The Story of Toussaint Louverture by Katherine Scherman
- Stonewall Jackson by Jonathan Daniels
- The Story of Albert Schweitzer by Anita Daniel
- The Story of Atomic Energy by Laura Fermi
- The Story of Australia by A. Grove Day
- The Story of D-Day: June 6, 1944 by Bruce Bliven, Jr.
- The Story of Oklahoma by Lon Tinkle
- The Story of San Francisco by Charlotte Jackson
- The Story of Scotland Yard by Laurence Thompson
- The Story of Submarines by George Weller
- The Story of the Air Force by Robert Loomis
- The Story of the Naval Academy by Felix Riesenberg, Jr.
- The Story of the Paratroops by George Weller
- The Story of the Secret Service by Ferdinand Kuhn
- The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by Clifford Lindsey Alderman
- The Story of the U.S. Coast Guard by Eugene Rachlis
- The Story of the U.S. Marines by George Hunt
- The Story of Thomas Alva Edison by Margaret Cousins
- The Swamp Fox of the Revolution by Stewart H. Holbrook
- Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders by Henry Castor
- The Texas Rangers by Will Henry
- Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo by Ted Lawson and Bob Considine
- Thomas Jefferson, Father of Democracy by Vincent Sheean
- Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too! by Stanley Young
- To California by Covered Wagon by George R. Stewart
- Trappers and Traders of the Far West by James Daugherty
- The United Nations in War and Peace by T. R. Fehrenback
- The U.S. Border Patrol by Clement Hellyer
- The U.S. Frogmen of World War II by Wyatt Blassingame
- Up the Trail From Texas by J. Frank Dobie
- The Vikings by Elizabeth Janeway
- The Voyages of Christopher Columbus by Armstrong Sperry
- The Voyages of Henry Hudson by Eugene Rachlis
- Walk in Space: the Story of Project Gemini by Gene Gurney
- Walter Raleigh by Henrietta Buckmaster
- The War Chief of the Seminoles by May McNeer
- The War in Korea: 1950 - 1953 by Robert Leckie
- The West Point Story by Col. Red Reeder and Nardi Reeder Campion
- Wild Bill Hickok Tames the West by Stewart H. Holbrook
- Will Shakespeare and the Globe Theater by Anne Terry White
- William Penn: Quaker Hero by Hildegarde Dolson
- William the Conqueror by Thomas B. Costain
- Winston Churchill by Quentin Reynolds
- The Winter at Valley Forge by Van Wyck Mason
- The Witchcraft of Salem Village by Shirley Jackson
- Women of Courage by Dorothy Nathan
- The World's Greatest Showman: P.T. Barnum by J. Bryan III
- The Wright Brothers by Quentin Reynolds
- Wyatt Earp: U.S. Marshall by Stewart H. Holbrook
- Young Mark Twain and the Mississippi by Harnett T. Kane