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An historian whose books prompted America to regard its war veterans with newfound reverence, Stephen E. Ambrose was as prolific as he was passionate about his country. His bestsellers chronicled our nation’s critical battles and achievements, from his seminal war works D-Day and Band of Brothers to his fitting last love letter To America.
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Fact File
| Name:
Stephen E. Ambrose
Date of Birth:
January 10, 1936
Place of Birth:
Whitewater, Wisconsin
Date of Death:
October 13, 2002
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Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
Education:
B.A., University of Wisconsin; M.A., Louisiana State University, 1958; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1963
Awards:
Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Medal; National Humanities Medal
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| When talking to Barnes & Noble.com about their favorite authors, fellow writers David Baldacci, Tony Hillerman, and Orson Scott card all mentioned Ambrose. As Card put it, “without biographers and historians, my fiction writing would be impossible.”
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| | Nixon: The Education of a Politician 1913-1962, Vol. 1
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Before D-Day hit the bestseller lists in 1994, Ambrose was best known for his meticulous, multi-volume biographies of presidents Richard M. Nixon and Dwight D. Eisenhower. "With Nixon and Eisenhower I was just wedded to the documents,” he told the New York Times. “It was a total marriage."
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| | Journals of Lewis and Clark
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Bernard De Voto (Editor), Foreword by Stephen E. Ambrose
In an interview with PBS to discuss Undaunted Courage, his book on the Lewis & Clark expedition, Ambrose praised The Journals of Lewis and Clark as highly recommended reading, calling the work “our Odyssey" and "our greatest national literary treasure.”
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