Walter R. Borneman (born January 5, 1952), is an American historian and lawyer. He is the author of well-known popular books on 18th and 19th century United States history.[1][2]
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Born | January 5, 1952 |
He received his B.A. in 1974 from Western State College of Colorado, and received an M.A. in history there in 1975 for a thesis on "Irwin : silver camp of the Ruby Mountains";[3] in 1981 he received a J.D. degree from the University of Denver, and practiced law.
In May 2012, his work The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King—The 5-star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea was published by Little, Brown and Co.[4] It won the 2013 Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature.[5][6] In April 2009, Random House Trade Paperbacks published his biography of James K. Polk, the eleventh President of the United States: Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America.ISBN 978-0812976748
He also wrote the book, American Spring which covers the Revolutionary War from its onset to the Battle of Bunker Hill. His latest book is MacArthur at War: World War II in the Pacific.[7]
He has also written several books about mountaineering in Colorado, where he currently lives.