Landmark Books - Chronological Order

  • Landmarks of World History


  • The First Men in the World by White, W-1

    Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt by Payne, W-59

    Adventures of Ulysses by Gottlieb, W-40

    The Exploits of Xenophon by Household, W-18

    Alexander the Great by Gunther, W-2

    Julius Caesar by Gunther, W-43

    Cleopatra of Egypt by Hornblow, W-50

    Jesus of Nazareth by Fosdick, W-42

    The Life of Saint Paul by Fosdick, W-53

    King Arthur and His Knights by Robinson, W-5

    The Life of Saint Patrick by Reynolds, W-17

    William the Conquerer by Costain, W-41

    The Crusades by West, W-11

    Genghis Khan and the Mongol Horde by Lamb, W-12

    The Magna Carta by Daugherty, W-26

    Joan of Arc by Ross, W-?

    Adventures and Discoveries of Marco Polo by Ross, W-3

    The Fall of Constantinople by Kielty, W-30

    Leonardo da Vinci by Hahn, W-27

    Ferdinand Magellan: Master Mariner by Pond, W-31

    Martin Luther by Fosdick, W-23

    Great Men of Medicine by Hume, W-49

    Mary, Queen of Scots by Hahn, W-6

    Queen Elizabeth and the Spanish Armada by Winwar, W-13

    Walter Raleigh: Man of Two Worlds by Buckmaster, W-58

    Will Shakespeare and the Globe Theater by White, W-21

    Chief of the Cossacks by Lamb, W-39

    The Flight and Adventures of Charles II by Norman, W-38

    Captain Cook Explores the South Seas by Sperry, W-19

    Marie Antoinette by Kielty, W-20

    Catherine the Great by Scherman, W-29

    Napoleon and the Battle of Waterloo by Winwar, W-7

    Garibaldi: Father of Modern Italy by Davenport, W-32

    The Marquis de Lafayette: Bright Sword for Freedom by Carter, W-34

    General Brock and Niagara Falls by Adams, W-28

    Queen Victoria by Streatfeild, W-37

    Hero of Trafalgar: The Story of Lord Nelson by Whipple, W-55

    Captain Cortes Conquers Mexico by Johnson, W-45

    Balboa: Swordsman and Conquistador by Riesenberg, W-25

    The Slave Who Freed Haiti: The Story of Toussaint Louverture by Scherman, W-15

    Simon Bolivar, the Great Liberator by Whitridge, W-14

    Famous Pirates of the New World by Whipple, W-35

    The Voyages of Henry Hudson by Rachlis, W-54

    The Hudson's Bay Company by Morenus, W-24

    The Story of Australia by Day, W-44

    The French Foreign Legion by Blassingame, W-22

    The Man Who Changed China: The Story of Sun Yat-Sen by Buck, W-9

    The Battle of Britain by Reynolds, W-10

    The Story of Scotland Yard by Thompson, W-16

    Royal Canadian Mounted Police by Neuberger, W-8

    The Story of Albert Schweitzer by Daniel, W-33

    The Rise and Fall of Adolph Hitler by Shirer, W-47

    The Story of Atomic Energy by Fermi, W-48

    Flying Aces of WWI by Gurney, W-60

    Commandos of WWII by Carter, W-61

    Ben-Gurion and the Birth of Israel by Comay, W-62

    The United Nations in War and Peace by Fehrenback, W-63

    Winston Churchill by Reynolds, W-56

    The War in Korea by Leckie, W-57

    The Sinking of the Bismark by Shirer, W-51

    Florence Nightingale by Hume, W-46

    Lawrence of Arabia by MacLean, W-52

    Exploring the Himalaya by Douglas, W-36

    Great Men of Medicine by Hume, W-49


  • Landmarks of American History


  • Prehistoric America Before 5000 BC by White, #11

    The Vikings by Janeway #12

    The Voyages of Christopher Columbus by Sperry, #1

    The Story of the Thirteen Colonies by Alderman, #115 (To give an overview.)

    Pocahontas and Captain John Smith by Lawson, #3

    The Landing of the Pilgrims by Daugherty, #2

    Peter Stuyvesant of Old New York by Crouse, #43

    The Explorations of Pere Marquette by Kjelgaard, #17

    The Mississippi Bubble by Costain, #52

    The Witchcraft of Salem Village by Jackson, #69

    William Penn: Quaker Hero by Dolson, #98

    Captain Kidd by ABC Whipple, #122 (Not completely sure this belongs here.)

    Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia by Cousins, #28

    George Washington: Frontier Colonel by North, #71

    Rogers' Rangers and the French and Indian War by Smith, #63

    Evangeline and the Acadians by Tallant, #74 (This could come after "Ethan Allen.")

    Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys by Brown, #66

    Paul Revere and the Minute Men by Fisher, #4

    The American Revolution by Bliven, #83 (Use as overview.)

    The Swamp Fox of the Revolution by Holbrook, #90

    Daniel Boone by Brown, #21

    John Paul Jones, Fighting Sailor by Sperry, #39

    Betsy Ross and the Flag by Mayer, #26

    The Winter at Valley Forge by Mason, #33

    Our Independence and the Constitution by Fisher, #5

    Thomas Jefferson, Father of Democracy by Sheean, #36

    The Barbary Pirates by Forester, #31

    Old Ironsides, the Fighting Constitution by Hansen, #51

    The Louisiana Purchase by Tallant, #24

    Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr by Burr, #85

    Robert Fulton and the Steamboat by Hill, #45

    Trappers and Traders of the Old West by Daugherty, #29

    The Lewis and Clark Expedition by Neuberger, #15

    Heroines of the Early West by Ross, #91 (Sacajawea-1806 to Abigail Duniway-1912)

    The Pirate Lafitte and the Battle of New Orleans by Tallant, #19

    Dolly Madison by Mayer, #47

    The Erie Canal by Adams, #34

    The Santa Fe Trail by Adams, #13

    War Chief of the Seminoles by McNeer, #50

    Sam Houston, the Tallest Texan by Johnson, #32

    John James Audubon by Kieran, #48

    Davy Crockett by Holbrook, #57

    Remember the Alamo! by Warren, #79 (1836)

    Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too! by Young, #76 (1840)

    Sequoyah: Leader of the Cherokees by Marriott, #65

    Kit Carson and the Wild Frontier by Moody, #53 (1820's - 60's)

    To California by Covered Wagon by Stewart, #42 (1844)

    The Coming of the Mormons by Kjelgaard, #37 (1846)

    The California Gold Rush by McNeer, #6 (1849)

    Clipper Ship Days by Jennings, #22 (1845-1856)

    Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan by Kuhn, #56 (1854)

    The First Overland Mail by Pinkerton, #40 (1857)

    The Pony Express by Adams, #7 (1860)

    Geronimo: Wolf of the Warpath by Moody, #81 (Fame - 1861)

    Young Mark Twain and the Mississippi by Kane, #113 (1835-1861)

    Abe Lincoln: Log Cabin to White House by North, #61 (1860's)

    Lincoln and Douglas: The Years of Decision by Kelly, #44 (1861)

    Robert E. Lee and the Road of Honor by Carter, #54 (1859-1870)

    The Monitor and the Merrimac by Pratt, #16 (1862)

    Gettysburg by Kantor, #23 (1863)

    Stonewall Jackson by Daniels, #86 (1824-1863)

    Lee and Grant at Appomatox by Kantor, #8 (1865)

    The First Transatlantic Cable by Nathan, #88 (1865)

    Wild Bill Hickok Tames the West by Holbrook, #25 (1860's - 70's)

    The Golden Age of Railroads by Holbrook, #93 (1830-1920) Hard to place exactly.

    The Building of the First Transcontinental Railroad by Nathan, #9 (1863-1869)

    Custer's Last Stand by Reynolds, #20 (1876)

    Mr. Bell Invents the Telephone by Shippen, #30 (1876)

    The Texas Rangers by Henry, #72 (1880's)

    Wyatt Earp: U.S. Marshall by Holbrook, #67 (1881 OK Corral, death 1929)

    Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross by Boyleston, #58 (1882)

    Buffalo Bill's Great Wild West Show by Havighurst, #73 (Began 1883)

    The World's Greatest Showman: P.T. Barnum by Bryan, #64 (1889 - Peak of Fame)

    Disaster at Johnstown: The Great Flood by Dolson, 109 (1889)

    Up the Trail from Texas by Dobie, #60 (1866-'94)

    The Alaska Gold Rush by McNeer, #92 (1897-99)

    Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders by Castor, #41 (1898)

    Women of Courage by Nathan, #107 (Susan B. Anthony 1820-1906 through Margaret Mead 1901-1978)

    The Wright Brothers by Reynolds, #10 (1903)

    The Copper Kings of Montana by Place, #95 (1903)

    The Story of San Francisco by Jackson, #59 (1906, earthquake)

    The Conquest of the North and South Poles by Owen, #27 (North 1909 & South 1929)

    The Story of Thomas Alva Edison by Cousins, #110 (1869-1910 greatest achievements)

    The Panama Canal by Considine, #18 (1913)

    America's First World War: General Pershing and the Yanks by Castor, #77 (1918)

    The Story of the Paratroops by Weller, #82 (WWI & WWII coverage)

    Andrew Carnegie and the Age of Steel by Shippen, #80 (1919 died)

    The Early Days of Automobiles by Janeway, #68 (1920's)

    The Story of Oklahoma by Tinkle, #100 (1930's)

    George Washington Carver by White, #38 (Acknowledged in 1935)

    The Doctors Who Conquered Yellow Fever by Hill, #78 (1940)

    The F.B.I. by Reynolds, #46 (1924-1944)

    The Battle for the Atlantic by Williams, #87 (1940-1945)

    Great American Fighter Pilots of World War II by Loomis, #96 (1939-1945)

    The Seabees of World War II by Castillo, #103 (1939-1945)

    Combat Nurses of World War II by Blassingame, #116 (1939-1945)

    Medical Corps Heroes of WWII by Blassingame, #120 (1941-45)

    The U.S. Frogmen of World War II by Blassingame, #106 (1941-45)

    From Pearl Harbor to Okinawa by Bliven, #94 (1941-1945)

    The Flying Tigers by Toland, #105 (1941-1942)

    Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo by Lawson & Considine, #35 (1942)

    Guadalcanal Diary by Tregaskis, #55 (1942)

    Midway: Battle for the Pacific by Castillo, #119 (1942)

    John F. Kennedy and PT 109 by Tregaskis, #99 (1943)

    From Casablanca to Berlin by Bliven, #112 (1943-1945)

    The Story of D-Day by Bliven, #62 (1944)

    Battle of the Bulge by Toland, #114 (1944)

    The Battle for Iwo Jima by Leckie, #118 (1945)

    Medal of Honor Heroes by Reeder, #111 (1914-1953)

    Hawaii, Gem of the Pacific by Lewis, #49 (1954)

    The Story of Submarines by Weller, #102 (1954)

    The Story of the Naval Academy by Riesenberg, #84 (1845-1958)

    The Story of the Air Force by Loomis, #89 (1903-1959)

    The Story of the U.S. Marines by Hunt, #14 (1775-1950's)

    The West Point Story by Reeder & Campion, #70 (1600's-1950's)

    Dwight D. Eisenhower by Moos, #108 (1961)

    The Story of the Secret Service by Kuhn, #75 (1960's)

    The U.S. Border Patrol by Hellyer, #104 (1925-1960)

    The Story of the U.S. Coast Guard by Rachlis, #97 (1790-1961)

    Americans into Orbit: The Story of Project Mercury by Gurney, #101 (1962)

    Walk in Space: The Story of Project Gemini by Gurney, #117 (1966)

    Flat-Tops: The Story of Aircraft Carriers by Castillo, #121 (1910-1968)


    ~ Credit for compiling this list is given to Leola Stellwagen. Thank you! ~