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Geoffrey C. Ward is the coauthor of The Civil War (with Ken Burns and Ric Burns), and the author of A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt, which won the 1989 National Book Critics Circle Award for biography and the 1990 Francis Parkman Prize.
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Baseball
An Illustrated History, including The Tenth Inning
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns and Kevin Baker
Format: Trade Paperback, 592 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: September 21, 2010
Price: $39.95
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An Illustrated History, including The Tenth Inning
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns and Kevin Baker
Format: Trade Paperback, 592 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: September 21, 2010
Price: $39.95
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Baseball
An Illustrated History, including The Tenth Inning
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward
Format: Hardcover, 592 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: September 21, 2010
Price: $75.00
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An Illustrated History, including The Tenth Inning
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward
Format: Hardcover, 592 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: September 21, 2010
Price: $75.00
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The Civil War
The complete text of the bestselling narrative history of the Civil War--based on the celebrated PBS television series
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward, Kenneth Burns and RICHARD BURNS
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: September 6, 1994
Price: $17.00
This acclaimed narrative history (based on the PBS television series) is now available in a complete text-only edition that interweaves the authors' narrative with the voices of the participants, from politicians and officers to soldiers and civilians on both sides of the war. This edition also includes essays by Don E. Fehrenbacher... Read more >
The complete text of the bestselling narrative history of the Civil War--based on the celebrated PBS television series
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward, Kenneth Burns and RICHARD BURNS
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: September 6, 1994
Price: $17.00
This acclaimed narrative history (based on the PBS television series) is now available in a complete text-only edition that interweaves the authors' narrative with the voices of the participants, from politicians and officers to soldiers and civilians on both sides of the war. This edition also includes essays by Don E. Fehrenbacher... Read more >
The Civil War
An Illustrated History
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ric Burns and Ken Burns
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: September 29, 1992
Price: $29.95
This edition is fully illustrated with maps, photos, and hundreds of other images which enhance the overall reading and learning experience. Ward's acclaimed narrative history (based on the PBS television series) interweaves the authors' narrative with the voices of the participants, from politicians and officers to soldiers and civilians on both... Read more >
An Illustrated History
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ric Burns and Ken Burns
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: September 29, 1992
Price: $29.95
This edition is fully illustrated with maps, photos, and hundreds of other images which enhance the overall reading and learning experience. Ward's acclaimed narrative history (based on the PBS television series) interweaves the authors' narrative with the voices of the participants, from politicians and officers to soldiers and civilians on both... Read more >
The Civil War
An Illustrated History
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ric Burns and Ken Burns
Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: September 5, 1990
Price: $75.00
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An Illustrated History
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ric Burns and Ken Burns
Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: September 5, 1990
Price: $75.00
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The Civil War
The complete text of the bestselling narrative history of the Civil War--based on the celebrated PBS television series
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Kenneth Burns
Format: eBook, 368 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: February 4, 2009
Price: $11.99
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The complete text of the bestselling narrative history of the Civil War--based on the celebrated PBS television series
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Kenneth Burns
Format: eBook, 368 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: February 4, 2009
Price: $11.99
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A Disposition to Be Rich
How a Small-Town Pastor's Son Ruined an American President, Brought on a Wall Street Crash, and Made Himself the Best-Hated Man in the United States
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward
Format: eBook, 432 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: May 1, 2012
Price: $11.99
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How a Small-Town Pastor's Son Ruined an American President, Brought on a Wall Street Crash, and Made Himself the Best-Hated Man in the United States
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward
Format: eBook, 432 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: May 1, 2012
Price: $11.99
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A Disposition to Be Rich
Ferdinand Ward, the Greatest Swindler of the Gilded Age
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $16.00
A New York Times Notable Book
The compelling behind-the-scenes story of the greatest swindler of the Gilded Age, whose villainy bankrupted Ulysses S. Grant and stunned the world of finance—told by his great-grandson, award-winning historian Geoffrey C. Ward.
Ferdinand Ward, the son of a Protestant missionary and small-town pastor, moved to New York... Read more >
Ferdinand Ward, the Greatest Swindler of the Gilded Age
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $16.00
A New York Times Notable Book
The compelling behind-the-scenes story of the greatest swindler of the Gilded Age, whose villainy bankrupted Ulysses S. Grant and stunned the world of finance—told by his great-grandson, award-winning historian Geoffrey C. Ward.
Ferdinand Ward, the son of a Protestant missionary and small-town pastor, moved to New York... Read more >
A Disposition to Be Rich
How a Small-Town Pastor's Son Ruined an American President, Brought on a Wall Street Crash, and Made Himself the Best-Hated Man in the United States
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward
Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: May 1, 2012
Price: $28.95
Ferdinand Ward was the greatest swindler of the Gilded Age. Through his unapologetic villainy, he bankrupted Ulysses S. Grant and ran roughshod over the entire world of finance. Now, his compelling, behind-the-scenes story is told—told by his great-grandson, award-winning historian Geoffrey C. Ward.
Ward was the Bernie Madoff of his day, a... Read more >
How a Small-Town Pastor's Son Ruined an American President, Brought on a Wall Street Crash, and Made Himself the Best-Hated Man in the United States
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward
Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: May 1, 2012
Price: $28.95
Ferdinand Ward was the greatest swindler of the Gilded Age. Through his unapologetic villainy, he bankrupted Ulysses S. Grant and ran roughshod over the entire world of finance. Now, his compelling, behind-the-scenes story is told—told by his great-grandson, award-winning historian Geoffrey C. Ward.
Ward was the Bernie Madoff of his day, a... Read more >
Jazz
A History of America's Music
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: October 8, 2002
Price: $45.00
The companion volume to the ten-part PBS TV series by the team responsible for The Civil War and Baseball.
Continuing in the tradition of their critically acclaimed works, Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns vividly bring to life the story of the quintessential American music—jazz. Born in the black community of turn-of-the-century... Read more >
A History of America's Music
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: October 8, 2002
Price: $45.00
The companion volume to the ten-part PBS TV series by the team responsible for The Civil War and Baseball.
Continuing in the tradition of their critically acclaimed works, Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns vividly bring to life the story of the quintessential American music—jazz. Born in the black community of turn-of-the-century... Read more >
Jazz
A History of America's Music
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: November 7, 2000
Price: $80.00
Born in the black community of turn-of-the-century New Orleans but played from the beginning by musicians of every color, jazz celebrates all Americans at their best. Here are the stories of the extraordinary men and women who made the music.
Louis Armstrong, the fatherless waif whose unrivaled genius helped turn jazz into... Read more >
A History of America's Music
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: November 7, 2000
Price: $80.00
Born in the black community of turn-of-the-century New Orleans but played from the beginning by musicians of every color, jazz celebrates all Americans at their best. Here are the stories of the extraordinary men and women who made the music.
Louis Armstrong, the fatherless waif whose unrivaled genius helped turn jazz into... Read more >
Mark Twain
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: November 13, 2001
Price: $40.00
Ernest Hemingway called Huckleberry Finn “the best book we’ve ever had. There was nothing before. There’s been nothing as good since.” Critical opinion of this book hasn’t dimmed since Hemingway uttered these words; as author Russell Banks says in these pages, Twain “makes possible an American literature which would otherwise not... Read more >
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: November 13, 2001
Price: $40.00
Ernest Hemingway called Huckleberry Finn “the best book we’ve ever had. There was nothing before. There’s been nothing as good since.” Critical opinion of this book hasn’t dimmed since Hemingway uttered these words; as author Russell Banks says in these pages, Twain “makes possible an American literature which would otherwise not... Read more >
Unforgivable Blackness
The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward
Format: Trade Paperback, 546 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: January 3, 2006
Price: $16.95
Winner of the 2005 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Non-fiction
He was the first black heavyweight champion in history, the most celebrated–and most reviled–African American of his age. In Unforgivable Blackness, the prizewinning biographer Geoffrey C. Ward brings to vivid life the real Jack Johnson, a figure far more complex and compelling than... Read more >
The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward
Format: Trade Paperback, 546 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: January 3, 2006
Price: $16.95
Winner of the 2005 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Non-fiction
He was the first black heavyweight champion in history, the most celebrated–and most reviled–African American of his age. In Unforgivable Blackness, the prizewinning biographer Geoffrey C. Ward brings to vivid life the real Jack Johnson, a figure far more complex and compelling than... Read more >
Unforgivable Blackness
The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward
Format: eBook, 544 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: August 4, 2010
Price: $13.99
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The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward
Format: eBook, 544 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: August 4, 2010
Price: $13.99
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The War
An Intimate History, 1941-1945
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Price: $30.00
The vivid voices that speak from these pages are not those of historians or scholars. They are the voices of ordinary men and women who experienced—and helped to win—the most devastating war in history, in which between 50 and 60 million lives were lost.
Focusing on the citizens of four towns—Luverne... Read more >
An Intimate History, 1941-1945
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: November 2, 2010
Price: $30.00
The vivid voices that speak from these pages are not those of historians or scholars. They are the voices of ordinary men and women who experienced—and helped to win—the most devastating war in history, in which between 50 and 60 million lives were lost.
Focusing on the citizens of four towns—Luverne... Read more >
The War
An Intimate History, 1941-1945
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: September 11, 2007
Price: $50.00
The vivid voices that speak from these pages are not those of historians or scholars. They are the voices of ordinary men and women who experienced—and helped to win—the most devastating war in history, in which between 50 and 60 million lives were lost.
Focusing on the citizens of four towns— Luverne... Read more >
An Intimate History, 1941-1945
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: September 11, 2007
Price: $50.00
The vivid voices that speak from these pages are not those of historians or scholars. They are the voices of ordinary men and women who experienced—and helped to win—the most devastating war in history, in which between 50 and 60 million lives were lost.
Focusing on the citizens of four towns— Luverne... Read more >
