Geoffrey C. Ward, Author . Knopf $25.95 (512p) ISBN 978-0-375-41532-6
Johnson (1878–1946), boxing's first black heavyweight champion, was a lightning rod for controversy in early 20th-century America. Even many of his fellow African-Americans resented his unapologetic dominance of the ring and steady...
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Geoffrey C. Ward. Knopf, $28.95 (432p) ISBN 978-0-679-44530-2
Like a great 19th-century novel, this is a mordantly entertaining account of the author’s great-grandfather Ferdinand Ward, whose stock brokerage collapsed spectacularly in 1885 after swindling Ulysses S. Grant and other luminaries out of millions....
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Geoffrey C. Ward, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $24.95 (444p) ISBN 978-0-395-66080-5
Margaret (``Daisy'') Suckley, Franklin D. Roosevelt's distant cousin and the archivist at his Hyde Park, N.Y., library, was a frequent companion of the president at the White House, yet until now the depth of their warm friendship was not realized....
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Geoffrey C. Ward, Author HarperCollins Publishers $23 (277p) ISBN 978-0-06-016694-6
Prominent American men and women, whose accomplishments range from politics to poetry, are scrutinized in this intriguing, unorthodox collection of essays by award-winning historian Ward ( Before the Trumpet: Young Franklin Roosevelt ). He delights...
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Geoffrey C. Ward, Author HarperCollins Publishers $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-092026-5
According to PW , this ``notable'' biography, winner of a National Book Critics Circle Award, concentrates on character and personality rather than politics or policy-making. Beginning in 1905 with Franklin and Eleanor's honeymoon, it covers FDR's...
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Geoffrey C. Ward, Author HarperCollins Publishers $27.95 (889p) ISBN 978-0-06-016066-1
This notable biography, following the author's Before the Trumpet: Young Franklin Roosevelt, 1882-1905 , concentrates on character and personality rather than politics or policymaking. Beginning in 1905, with Franklin and Eleanor's honeymoon, it...
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Geoffrey C. Ward, Author, 0060157402, As Told to, O, Afterword by HarperCollins Publishers $35 (174p) ISBN 978-0-06-016795-0
Ten years ago, historian Ward ( Before the Trumpet ) returned to India where he had lived as a teenager. He was stunned by the diminished wildlife, particularly the dwindling tiger population and their shrinking forest habitat. Ward gives a vivid,...
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Geoffrey C. Ward, Author, Stephen G. Ives, Introduction by, Ken Burns, Introduction by Back Bay Books $60 (460p) ISBN 978-0-316-92236-4
Following the format of The Civil War and Baseball, two earlier book companions to Ken Burns's television series, this beautifully designed, handsomely illustrated and stylishly written social history of the American West will be published as Burns's
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Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns. Knopf, $60 (640p) ISBN 978-0-307-70025-4
This lavishly illustrated large-format book from frequent collaborators Ward and Burns (The Roosevelts) serves as the companion volume to the eponymous 18-hour, 10-part PBS documentary from Burns and Lynn Novick. The work follows the usual Ward and...
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Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns, read by Ken Burns. Random House Audio, , abridged, 8 CDs, 10 hrs., $40 ISBN 978-0-307-97081-7
Emmy Award–winning filmmaker Burns continues his tradition of narrating the audio abridgment of his documentary work, as he has done before with The Civil War, The National Parks, and other projects. The results are mixed, but that’s not because...
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Geoffrey C. Ward, Author, Ric Burns, Author, Ken Burns, Author Alfred A Knopf Inc $75 (448p) ISBN 978-0-394-56285-8
Companion volume to a forthcoming PBS series, this is an extraordinary collection of photos, engravings and paintings, many published for the first time, conveying military and political events of the Civil War, accompanied by a pungent text that...
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Geoffrey C. Ward, Author, Ken Burns, Author Alfred A. Knopf $35 (489p) ISBN 978-0-679-76539-4
A paperback reprint of the companion volume to the authoritative Burns and Ward documentary-the 19-hour, 10-episode series that aired on PBS in January, 2001-this lavishly illustrated history describes the evolution of jazz during the 20th century,...
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Geoffrey C. Ward, Author, Ken Burns, Author . Knopf $50 (480p) ISBN 978-0-307-26283-7
This lavishly illustrated companion to the September PBS documentary series reduces the American side of WWII to the local and personal. Documentarian Burns (The Civil War
) and historian Ward (The Civil War: An Illustrated History
) foreground the...
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Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns. Knopf, $60 (576p) ISBN 978-0-307-70023-0
In this impressively thorough history, and companion piece to a forthcoming PBS series, historian/screenwriter Ward and producer/director Burns (Baseball: An Illustrated History) examine the lives and careers of one of America’s most memorable...
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Geoffrey C. Ward, Author, Ken Burns, Author, Ken Burns, Read by , read by Burns with Tom Hanks, Josh Lucas and Rebecca Holtz. Simon & Schuster Audio $34.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7393-5728-6
A striking and philosophical look at the everyday citizens who helped shape the course of WWII, The War
is masterfully narrated by author Burns and an assortment of Hollywood talent, including Tom Hanks and Josh Lucas. This collection spans the...
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Geoffrey C. Ward, Author, Ken Burns, Author, Dayton Duncan, Author . Knopf $40 (288p) ISBN 978-0-375-40561-7
In 1867, after successfully marketing accounts of his Mideast travels to several newspapers, Mark Twain wrote to his mother, "Am pretty well known now. Intend to be better known." But he could hardly have anticipated the meteoric rise that...
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Geoffrey C. Ward, Author, Robert Atwan, Editor, Geoffrey C. Ward, Editor Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $12.95 (370p) ISBN 978-0-395-71756-1
This is the sort of collection series editor Robert Atwan undoubtedly had in mind when he started this series 10 years ago: accessible and informative essays that cover everything from history to current events, from nature to pop culture. James...
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Geoffrey C. Ward, Author, Ken Burns, Preface by, Wynton Marsalis, Contribution by Alfred A. Knopf $65 (512p) ISBN 978-0-679-44551-7
A companion volume to the new Burns and Ward documentaryDa 19-hour, 10-episode series set to air on PBS in January, 2001Dthis lavishly illustrated history describes the evolution of jazz during the 20th century, focusing on the careers of a key...
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Geoffrey C. Ward, Author, Ann D. Gordon, Contribution by, Ellen Carol DuBois, Contribution by Alfred A. Knopf $35 (256p) ISBN 978-0-375-40560-0
When Paul Barnes suggested that Elizabeth Cady Stanton be included in the film portraits of notable Americans that Ken Burns was planning to make, Burns barely recognized the name. Marginally more familiar was that of Susan B. Anthony, Stanton's...
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