William Manchester  

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William Raymond Manchester (April 1, 1922 – June 1, 2004) was an American author and biographer, notable as the bestselling author of 18 books that have been translated into 20 languages. He was awarded the National Humanities Medal and the Abraham Lincoln Literary Award.

Bibliography

• Disturber of the Peace: The Life of H.L. Mencken (1951)
• The City of Anger, a novel. (1953)
• Shadow of the Monsoon (1956)
• A Rockefeller Family Portrait, from John D. to Nelson (1959)
• The Long Gainer, a novel (1961)
• Portrait of a President, John F. Kennedy in profile (1964)
• The Death of a President: November 20-November 25 (1967)
• The Arms of Krupp: The Rise and Fall of the Industrial Dynasty that Armed Germany at War (1968)
• The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America, 1932–1972 (1974)
• Controversy and other essays in journalism (1976)
• American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880–1964 (1978)
• On Mencken, essays (1980)
• Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War (1980)
• One Brief Shining Moment: Remembering Kennedy (1983)
• The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874–1932 (1983)
• "Okinawa:The Bloodiest...", an essay. (1987)
• The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone 1932–1940 (1988)
• In Our Time: The World As Seen by Magnum Photographers (1989)
• A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance — Portrait of an Age (1992) ISBN 0-316-54556-2
• Magellan (1994)
• No End Save Victory (2001)
• The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965 (2010) (with Paul Reid)