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Douglas Brinkley
Douglas Brinkley is the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and Professor of History at Rice University, presidential historian for the New-York Historical Society, trustee...view moreDouglas Brinkley is the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and Professor of History at Rice University, presidential historian for the New-York Historical Society, trustee of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library, and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. The Chicago Tribune dubbed him “America’s New Past Master.” He is the recipient of such distinguished environmental leadership prizes as the Frances K. Hutchison Medal (Garden Club of America), the Robin W. Winks Award for Enhancing Public Understanding of National Parks (National Parks Conservation Association), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Lifetime Heritage Award. His book The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast received the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. He was awarded a Grammy for Presidential Suite and is the recipient of seven honorary doctorates in American studies. His two-volume, annotated Nixon Tapes won the Arthur S. Link–Warren F. Kuehl Prize. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and three children.view less
Books by Douglas Brinkley
The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast Cronkite Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Promise and the Dream: The Untold Story of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Parish Priest: Father Michael McGivney and American Catholicism Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rightful Heritage: The Renewal of America Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsReagan Diaries, Volume 2: November 1985–January 1989 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsReagan Diaries, Volume 1: January 1981–October 1985 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmerican Moonshot Young Readers' Edition: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Audiobooks by Douglas Brinkley
The Great Deluge Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cronkite Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Parish Priest Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5JFK: A Vision for America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5American Moonshot Young Readers' Edition: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Tour of Duty Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Quiet World: Saving Alaska's Wilderness Kingdom, 1910-1960 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Boys of Pointe du Hoc Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Silent Spring Revolution: John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Great Environmental Awakening Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Audiobooks Narrated
Tour of Duty Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Boys of Pointe du Hoc Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5House of Earth: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5