Stephen E. Ambrose






Stephen E. Ambrose

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born
January 10, 1936

died
October 12, 2002

gender
male

place of birth
Lovington, Illinois, The United States

genre
History, Biographies & Memoirs


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Stephen Edward Ambrose was an American historian and biographer of U.S. Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and Richard M. Nixon. He received his Ph.D. in 1960 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.





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avg rating: 4.10 | 12,333 ratings | 1,577 reviews | 61 distinct works | 30 fans
Band of Brothers: E Company, 5... Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
by Stephen E. Ambrose
avg rating 4.33 — 3,257 ratings — published 1992
23 editions
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Undaunted Courage Undaunted Courage
by Stephen E. Ambrose
avg rating 4.13 — 2,161 ratings — published 1996
15 editions
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D-Day June 6, 1944 D-Day June 6, 1944
by Stephen E. Ambrose
avg rating 4.19 — 1,183 ratings — published 1994
14 editions
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Citizen Soldiers: The U. S. Ar... Citizen Soldiers: The U. S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany
by Stephen E. Ambrose
avg rating 4.07 — 1,192 ratings — published 1997
11 editions
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Nothing Like It In the World :... Nothing Like It In the World : The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869
by Stephen E. Ambrose
avg rating 3.67 — 599 ratings — published 2000
12 editions
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The Wild Blue : The Men and Bo... The Wild Blue : The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45
by Stephen E. Ambrose
avg rating 3.74 — 552 ratings — published 2001
10 editions
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Pegasus Bridge Pegasus Bridge
by Stephen E. Ambrose
avg rating 3.94 — 291 ratings — published 1984
13 editions
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To America : Personal Reflecti... To America : Personal Reflections of an Historian
by Stephen E. Ambrose
avg rating 3.72 — 261 ratings — published 2002
6 editions
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Eisenhower Eisenhower
by Stephen E. Ambrose
avg rating 3.95 — 193 ratings — published 1983
14 editions
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Crazy Horse and Custer Crazy Horse and Custer
by Stephen E. Ambrose
avg rating 3.93 — 177 ratings — published 1975
6 editions
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"In one of his last newsletters, Mike Ranney wrote: "In thinking back on the days of Easy Company, I'm treasuring my remark to a grandson who asked, 'Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?'
"'No,'" I answered, 'but I served in a company of heroes.'""
Stephen E. Ambrose (Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest)
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