Neal Bascomb: 12 books
The Escape Artists
A Band of Daredevil Pilots and the Greatest Prison Break of the Great War
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2018
“Bascomb has unearthed a remarkable piece of hidden history, and told it perfectly. The story brims with adventure, suspense, daring, and heroism.”
—David Grann, New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon
Neal Bascomb, New York Times best-selling author, delivers...
The Winter Fortress
The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Atomic Bomb
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
**“Riveting and poignant . . . The Winter Fortress metamorphoses from engrossing history into a smashing thriller . . . Mr. Bascomb’s research and, especially, his storytelling skills are first-rate.”—The Wall Street Journal
“Weaving together his typically intense research and a riveting...
Higher
A Historic Race to the Sky and the Making of a City
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2003
The Roaring Twenties in New York was a time of exuberant ambition, free-flowing optimism, an explosion of artistic expression in the age of Prohibition. New York was the city that embodied the spirit and strength of a newly powerful America.
In 1924, in the vibrant heart of Manhattan, a fierce...
The Perfect Mile
Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2005
There was a time when running the mile in four minutes was believed to be beyond the limits of human foot speed, and in all of sport it was the elusive holy grail. In 1952, after suffering defeat at the Helsinki Olympics, three world-class runners each set out to break this barrier. Roger Bannister...
by Neal Bascomb
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
***Three starred reviews!***
Neal Bascomb, author of The Nazi Hunters, returns with his next thrilling work of narrative nonfiction about a group of Allied POWs who staged an escape for the ages during World War I. Illustrated throughout with incredible photographs and published on the 100th...
Red Mutiny
Eleven Fateful Days on the Battleship Potemkin
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2008
In 1905 more than seven hundred Russian sailors mutinied against their officers aboard the battleship Potemkin, one of the most powerful battleships in the world. Led by the charismatic firebrand Matyushenko, they risked their lives to take control of their ship and fly the red flag of revolution....
by Neal Bascomb
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
A stunning adventure involving Nazis, nukes, fighting, failure, and everyday heroes, from the author of the award-winning The Nazi Hunters. Neal Bascomb delivers another nail-biting work of nonfiction for young adults in this incredible true story of spies and survival. The invasion begins at night,...
The New Cool
A Visionary Teacher, His FIRST Robotics Team, and the Ultimate Battle of Smarts
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
That Monday afternoon, in high-school gyms across America, kids were battling for the only glory American culture seems to want to dispense to the young these days: sports glory. But at Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, California, in a gear-cluttered classroom, a different type of “cool” was...
by Neal Bascomb
Language: Dutch
Release Date: February 21, 2013
Language: Dutch
Release Date: February 21, 2013
Adolf Eichmann was het brein achter de Endlösung, de uitroeiing van de joden in de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Zijn naam stond synoniem voor de wreedheid van de nazi's. Na de oorlog was hij het meest gehate en meest gezochte nazikopstuk. Vijftien jaar lang wist hij aan zijn belagers te ontsnappen. Uiteindelijk...
One More Step
My Story of Living with Cerebral Palsy, Climbing Kilimanjaro, and Surviving the Hardest Race on Earth
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
In this exhilarating and inspirational memoir, the first man with cerebral palsy to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and complete the brutal Ironman competition shares the exhilarating adventure that led to his achievements—redefining our ideas of normal and proving that life is never truly limited for any...
The Nazi Hunters
How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
A thrilling spy mission, a moving Holocaust story, and a first-class work of narrative nonfiction. In 1945, at the end of World War II, Adolf Eichmann, the head of operations for the Nazis' Final Solution, walked into the mountains of Germany and vanished from view. Sixteen years later, an elite team...
Hunting Eichmann
How a Band of Survivors and a Young Spy Agency Chased Down the World's Most Notorious Nazi
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2010
Hunting Eichmann is the first complete narrative of a relentless and harrowing international manhunt.
When the Allies stormed Berlin in the last days of the Third Reich, Adolf Eichmann shed his SS uniform and vanished. Following his escape from two American POW camps, his retreat into the mountains...