Winston Groom: 16 books
The Allies
Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, and the Unlikely Alliance That Won World War II
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
Best-selling author Winston Groom tells the complex story of how Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin--the three iconic and vastly different Allied leaders--aligned to win World War II and created a new world order.
By the end of World War II, 59 nations were arrayed against...
by Winston Groom
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
A main selection in History Book-of-the-Month Club and alternate selection in Military Book-of-the-Month Club.
In the spring of 1862, many Americans still believed that the Civil War, "would be over by Christmas." The previous summer in Virginia, Bull Run, with nearly 5,000 casualties,...
by Winston Groom
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Three decades after the first publication of Forrest Gump, Winston Groom returns to fiction with this sweeping American epic.
Long fascinated with the Mexican Revolution and the vicious border wars of the early twentieth century, Winston Groom brings to life a much-forgotten period of history...
1942
The Year That Tried Men's Souls
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
America’s first year in World War II, chronicled in this “page-turner” by the Pulitzer Prize–nominated author of Forrest Gump and The Generals (Publishers Weekly).
On December 7, 1941, an unexpected attack on American territory pulled an unprepared country into a terrifying new brand...
A Storm in Flanders
The Ypres Salient, 1914–1918: Tragedy and Triumph on the Western Front
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
From the Pulitzer Prize–nominated author of Forrest Gump: “A fascinating, evenhanded, page-turning account” of Ypres’s pivotal WWI battles (San Francisco Chronicle).
The Ypres Salient in Belgian Flanders was the most notorious and dreaded territory in all of World War I—possibly of...
The Aviators
Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Written by gifted storyteller Winston Groom (author of Forrest Gump), The Aviators tells the saga of three extraordinary aviators--Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Jimmy Doolittle--and how they redefine heroism through their genius, daring, and uncommon courage.
This is the fascinating...
Shrouds of Glory
From Atlanta to Nashville: The Last Great Campaign of the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
The Pulitzer Prize–nominated author of Forrest Gump examines Confederate general John Bell Hood’s fateful maneuvers in the final moments of the Civil War.
In Shrouds of Glory, acclaimed novelist and historian Winston Groom introduces readers to the courageous but reckless Hood, prematurely...
The Generals
Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, and the Winning of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
Celebrated historian Winston Groom tells the uniquely American tales of George Patton, Douglas MacArthur, and George Marshall, from World War I to World War II. These three remarkable men-of-arms who rose from the gruesome hell of the First World War to become the finest generals of their generation...
by Winston Groom
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2009
In this thrilling narrative history of the Civil War’s most strategically important campaign, Winston Groom describes the bloody two-year grind that started when Ulysses S. Grant began taking a series of Confederate strongholds in 1861, climaxing with the siege of Vicksburg two years later. For...
Kearny's March
The Epic Creation of the American West, 1846-1847
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
A thrilling re-creation of a crucial campaign in the Mexican-American War and a pivotal moment in America's history.
In June 1846, General Stephen Watts Kearny rode out of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, with a thousand cavalrymen of the First United States Dragoons. When his fantastic expedition...
by Winston Groom
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
He was one of America’s true greats. As president, he changed the world, developing a successful strategy for defeating Communism, toppling the Soviet Union, and liberating Eastern Europe (while hardly firing a shot). And just as important, he restored an America that had found itself mired in a...
by Winston Groom
Language: German
Release Date: November 28, 2014
Language: German
Release Date: November 28, 2014
Ein packender, bewegender Roman aus dem tiefen Süden der USA – meisterhaft erzählt von Winston Groom, dem Autor des unsterblichen "Forrest Gump"! Seit Generationen sind die Holts die Herren von Bienville, Louisiana. Ihnen gehört das Land, ihr Wort ist Gesetz. Doch dann werden reiche...
by Winston Groom
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2006
December 1814: its economy in tatters, its capital city of Washington, D.C., burnt to the ground, a young America was again at war with the militarily superior English crown. With an enormous enemy armada approaching New Orleans, two unlikely allies teamed up to repel the British in one of the greatest...
Sixteen and Counting
The National Championships of Alabama Football
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
Dramatic accounts of every University of Alabama National Championship football season recounted by noted sports writers, players, and Alabamians.
Dating back to 1925, when Wallace Wade coached the Crimson Tide to an undefeated season and earned a spot in the Rose Bowl, the driving goal of...
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