Walter R. Borneman (born January 5, 1952), is an American

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and

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. He is the author of well-known popular books on 18th and 19th century United States history.

Education

He received his B.A. in 1974 from

Western State College of Colorado Western Colorado University (Western) is a public university in Gunnison, Colorado. It enrolls approximately 2,600 undergraduate and 400 graduate students, with 25 percent coming from out of state. Western offers more than 100 undergraduate areas ...

, and received an M.A. in history there in 1975 for a thesis on "Irwin : silver camp of the Ruby Mountains"; in 1981 he received a J.D. degree from the

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, and practiced law.

Career

In May 2012, his work ''The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King—The 5-star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea'' was published by Little, Brown and Co. It won the 2013

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. In April 2009, Random House Trade Paperbacks published his biography of

James K. Polk James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. He previously was the 13th speaker of the House of Representatives (1835–1839) and ninth governor of Tennessee (183 ...

, the eleventh

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: ''Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America''. He also wrote the book, ''American Spring'' which covers the Revolutionary War from its onset to the Battle of Bunker Hill. His latest book is ''MacArthur at War: World War II in the Pacific''. He has also written several books about mountaineering in Colorado, where he currently lives.

His works

History

*Borneman, Walter R. ''Iron Horse: America's Race to Bring the Railroads West.'' New York: Back Bay Books, 2014. *Borneman, Walter R. ''Rival Rails: The Race to Build America's Greatest Transcontinental Railroad.'' New York: Random House, 2010. **Review, ''Los Angeles Times'' - Oct 3, 2010 **Review ''BusinessWeek'' - Oct 20, 2010 *Borneman, Walter R. ''Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America''. New York: Random House, 2008 **Review ''Wall Street Journal Online'' - May 16, 2008 *Borneman, Walter R. ''The French and Indian War: Deciding the Fate of North America.'' New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2006. . **Review, ''The New York Times book review.'' (December 17, 2006): 14 **Review, ''Providence Journal'' - Jan 28, 2007 *Borneman, Walter R. ''1812: The War That Forged a Nation.'' New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2004. . *Borneman, Walter R. ''Alaska: Saga of a Bold Land.'' New York: HarperCollins, 2003. ** Translated into Russian as Borneman, Walter R, V V. Monakhov, and L A. Rusova. ''Сага о земле Аляска / Saga o zemle Ali︠a︡ska.'' Vladivostok: Dalʹnauka, 2009. OCLC 704059097. **Review, ''Juneau Empire'' - Apr 13, 2003

Colorado

*Borneman, Walter R. and Lampert, Lyndon J. ''A Climbing Guide to Colorado’s Fourteeners: The Classic Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, '' Boulder, CO: Pruett Publishing Company, 1994.WorldCat

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