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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
ISBN: 978-0-307-26283-7 (0-307-26283-9)

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 >
Also available as an abridged audio CD and an abridged audiobook download.

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Unforgivable Blackness
The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward


Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: January 3, 2006
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-71004-9 (0-375-71004-3)

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 >
Also available as a hardcover.

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Unforgivable Blackness
The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward


Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: October 26, 2004
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-41532-6 (0-375-41532-7)

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 the newspaper headlines he inspired could ever convey... Read more >
Also available as a trade paperback.

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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: $35.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-76539-4 (0-679-76539-5)

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 >

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Not For Ourselves Alone
The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns


Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: December 26, 2001
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-70969-2 (0-375-70969-X)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were two heroic women who vastly bettered the lives of a majority of American citizens. For more than fifty years they led the public battle to secure for women the most basic civil rights and helped establish a movement that would revolutionize American society... Read more >

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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
ISBN: 978-0-375-40561-7 (0-375-40561-5)

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 >
Also available as an unabridged audio CD and an abridged audiobook download.

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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: $65.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-44551-7 (0-679-44551-X)

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 >

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Not for Ourselves Alone
The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Kenneth Burns


Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: October 19, 1999
Price: $35.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-40560-0 (0-375-40560-7)

For more than fifty years Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony led the public battle to secure for women the most basic civil rights and helped establish a movement that would revolutionize American society. Yet despite the importance of their work and they impact they made on our history, a... Read more >

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Baseball
An Illustrated History
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns


Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: August 13, 1996
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-76541-7 (0-679-76541-7)

With more than 500 photographs
• Introduction by Roger Angell
• Essays by Thomas Boswell, Robert W. Creamer, Gerald Early, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Bill James, David Lamb, Daniel Okrent, John Thorn, George E Will
• And featuring an interview with Buck O’Neil


“A rich concoction of narrative, essays, and photos [that] dazzles the eye ..... Read more >

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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: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-75543-2 (0-679-75543-8)

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 >
Also available as an abridged audio CD, eBook, hardcover and a trade paperback.

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Baseball: An Illustrated History

Written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns


Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: September 4, 1994
Price: $75.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-40459-0 (0-679-40459-7)

530 illustrations in text Read more >

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The Civil War
An Illustrated History
Written by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ric Burns and Ken Burns


Format: Trade Paperback, 452 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: September 29, 1992
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-74277-7 (0-679-74277-8)

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 >
Also available as an abridged audio CD, eBook, hardcover and a trade paperback.

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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
ISBN: 978-0-394-56285-8 (0-394-56285-2)

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Also available as an abridged audio CD, eBook, trade paperback and a trade paperback.
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