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! ~