Messner Milestones in History
By Heather Idoni
Updated Saturday, March 28, 2009
- 1968: Year of Crisis by Jules Archer
- 54-40 or Fight! The Story of the Oregon Territory by Bob and Jan Young
- A Cloud Over Hiroshima: The Story of the Atomic Bomb by Burt Hirschfeld
- A Nation Fights Back: The Depression and its Aftermath by Irving Werstein
- A State is Born: The Story of Israel by Burt Hirschfeld
- After the Alamo: The Story of the Mexican War by Burt Hirschfeld
- Congo: The Birth of a New Nation by Jules Archer
- Death to the King: The Story of the English Civil War by Clifford Lindsay Alderman
- Disaster 1906: The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire by Edward F. Dolan, Jr.
- Fifty-Five Days of Terror: The Story of the Boxer Rebellion by Burt Hirschfeld
- Flame of Freedom: The Peasant's Revolt of 1381 by Clifford Lindsay Alderman
- For the Glory of France: The Story of the French Resistance by Maria Wilhelm
- For Life and Liberty: The Story of the Declaration of Independence by Mary Hoehling and Betty Randall
- Forged in Silver: The Story of the Comstock Lode by Bob and Jan Young
- Four Cents an Acre: The Story of the Louisiana Purchase by Burt Hirschfeld
- Free But Not Equal: How Women Won the Right to Vote by Bill Severn
- Freedom in Jeopardy: The Story of the McCarthy Years by Burt Hirschfeld
- From Tsars to Commissars: The Story of the Russian Revolution by Kaye Moulton Teall
- Gathering Storm: The Story of the Green Mountain Boys by Clifford Lindsay Alderman
- Gusher: The Search for Oil in America by Bob Young
- I Accuse: The Story of the Dreyfus Case by Irving Werstein
- In Defense of Freedom: The Story of the Monroe Doctrine by Paul Rink
- Liberty! Equality! Fraternity! The Story of the French Revolution by Clifford Lindsay Alderman
- Mr. Madison's War 1812: The Second War for Independence by Noel B. Gerson
- Passage to the West: The Great Voyages of Henry Hudson by Noel B. Gerson
- Quest for Freedom: Bolivar and the South American Revolution by Paul Rink
- Rails Across the Continent: The Story of the First Transcontinental Railroad by Enid Johnson
- Rock of Freedom: The Story of the Plymouth Colony by Noel B. Gerson
- Survival: Jamestown, First English Colony in America by Noel B. Gerson
- That Men Shall be Free: The Story of the Magna Carta by Clifford Lindsay Alderman
- The 49'ers: The Story of the California Gold Rush by Bob and Jan Young
- The Cruel Years: The Story of the Spanish Civil War by Irving Werstein
- The Devil's Shadow: The Story of Witchcraft in Massachusetts by Clifford Lindsay Alderman
- The End of the Roaring Twenties: Prohibition and Repeal by Bill Severn
- The Franco-Prussian War: Germany's Rise as a World Power by Irving Werstein
- The Land Divided, the World United: The Story of the Panama Canal by Paul Rink
- The Last Emperor: The Story of Mexico's Fight for Freedom by Bob and Jan Young
- The Last Wilderness: The Saga of America's Mountain Men by Noel B. Gerson
- The Shot Heard Round the World: The Story of Lexington and Concord by Jeannette Covert Nolan
- The Spanish Armada: The Story of a Glorious Defeat by Burt Hirschfeld
- The Story of the Suez Canal: The Vital Link by Burt Hirschfeld
- Turning Point for America: The Story of the Spanish-American War by Irving Werstein