| 1. Baseball: An Illustrated History | 
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By: Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns
Publisher: Knopf
August 13, 1996
Absolutely the history of baseball ever put together in any format. A must buy for true baseball fans... more
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| 2. The Civil War: The complete text of the bestselling narrative history of the Civil War--based on the celebrated PBS television series | 
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By: Geoffrey C. Ward, Kenneth Burns, RICHARD BURNS
Publisher: Vintage
September 06, 1994
Very good, it follows the video series very well.
Using the book, the DVD and Google Earth I can get an excellent appreciation of what went on and where. I have marked most major sites and battles in google earth and referenced them to the book, DVD and other internet web sites... more
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| 3. The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945 |
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By: Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns
Publisher: Knopf
September 11, 2007
This book preserves history for future generations... I gave it to a WWII full Bird Colonel and he became emotional while looking through it. ... more
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| 4. The West: An Illustrated History |
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By: Geoffrey C. Ward
Publisher: Back Bay Books
October 02, 2003
I read this good book, here in Brazil. This book is easy to understand. There's some good things on this book. One of them is its space to Mexicans and Indians. There's also space to the California's gold rush, Indian civil wars and Mormons. The main problem in this book is its just regular organization. One time mixes with another as a place mixes with other place; all in the same pages. ... more
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| 5. Mark Twain: An Illustrated Biography |
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By: Geoffrey C. Ward, Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns
2001-11
This book is an intimate journey into the the persona of Samuel L. Clemens and the times in which he lived. It's a great read for anyone new to American history. A brilliant retrospective, it is lavishly photographed on smooth, glossy pages and embellished with anecdotes by Twain and modern students of the great author (such as Hal Holbrook, who offers his insights to this character study). This... more
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| 6. All for the Union: The Civil War Diary & Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes | 
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By: Elisha Hunt Rhodes
Publisher: Vintage
July 28, 1992
As a retired Soldier, this is a really cool book from a first-person point of view. Enlisting as a Private, promoted to Corporal, First Sergeant, then a battlefield commission, and finally ending the war as a Colonel and Regimental Commander. The Civil War seen from the ground up. Honest, celar, concise...I read this in two days. ... more
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| 7. Jazz: A History of America's Music |
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By: Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns
Publisher: Knopf
October 08, 2002
For those who know nothing about jazz but who want to learn, this book is a good introduction. Full of great stories and photographs, it traces the history of the music, mainly through the eyes of two musicians, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. I like how the authors inter-weaved the storylines of not only Louis and Duke but other musicians as well to show how the music developed and branched... more
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| 8. Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson |
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By: Geoffrey C. Ward
Publisher: Vintage
January 03, 2006
Whenever anyone wants to bring up race relations in America and how bad they can be at times, one should simply read through a little bit of the life of Jack Johnson. As testy as things can be today, they are nothing compared to the outright and plainly accepted racism of just a century ago. Stories like this one help to remind one and all that the pure hatred and pain of frontline open racism in America... more
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| 9. Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony |
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By: Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns
Publisher: Knopf
December 26, 2001
This was a wonderful and engaging read. Not only were you given a clear picture of both Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, but the book cites numerous powerful men and women who were active in the suffrage movement. This book is like a small taste of women's history that leaves you yearning for more. However, I wouldn't overlook this book just because it is not extremely specific, it is very... more
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| 10. A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt |
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By: Geoffrey C. Ward
Publisher: Harpercollins
1992-03
I spent most of the summer reading this wonderful book. I only read it on the weekends relaxing on my porch and was always anxious to reacquaint with the young man who would become FDR. It is a testament to this biography that after reading almost 800 pages I was sorry to see it end.
With all this praise one might think that I understood FDR. I finished this book no less able to draw... more
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