Manchester, William 1922-2004

Overview

Works:	297 works in 1,420 publications in 7 languages and 45,250 library holdings
Genres:	Biography History Military history Biographies True crime stories Personal narratives‡vAmerican Pictorial works Political fiction Exhibition catalogs Personal narratives
Roles:	Author, Editor, Other, Narrator

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about William Manchester

Goodbye, darkness : a memoir of the Pacific War by William Manchester( Book )
Goodbye darkness : a memoir of the Pacific War by William Manchester( )
The city of anger : a novel by William Manchester( Book )
Jackie, Bobby and Manchester by Arnold Bennett( Book )
Adios, tinieblas : memorias de la guerra del pacífico by William Manchester( Book )

William Manchester by Eric Badertscher( )
Today's nonfiction best sellers by Reader's Digest Association( Book )
William Manchester : portrait of a writer by Leith Johnson( Book )
William Manchester discusses the arms of Krupp with columnist Robert Cromie by William Manchester( Recording )
William (Raymond) Manchester : (1922- )( )
New York TImes Company records. Clifton Daniel papers by New York Times Company( )
Maryland chapter & verse( Visual )
by Inc. (New York, N.Y.) Harold Matson Company( )
Author William Manchester unmasks the man behind the corncob pipe by Stefan Kanfer( )
William Manchester by Philip S Wainwright( )
Max Lerner papers by Max Lerner( )
Letter by William Manchester( )
[William Manchester, half-length portrait, seated, facing left, holding a copy of his book, "The death of a president"]( Visual )
Kubicek Collection on the Assassination of John F. Kennedy by Earl C Kubicek( )
Politics and the presidency( Visual )

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Most widely held works by William Manchester

The last lion : Winston Spencer Churchill by William Manchester( Book )

65 editions published between 1983 and 2013 in English and held by 4,990 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Details the life of a man whose ambitions and serious flaws made him one of the world's most powerful leaders, placing Churchill's career against the backdrop of the Second World War and the collapse of the British Empire

American Caesar : Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964 by William Manchester( Book )

75 editions published between 1973 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 4,609 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Biography of one of the most controversial American generals

The death of a president : November 20-November 25, 1963 by William Manchester( Book )

66 editions published between 1963 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 4,543 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An account of the assassination of President Kennedy and the days after culled from "evidence and recollection, scenes and moods, quotations and opinions from an enormous number of observers and participants." Pub W

The glory and the dream: a narrative history of America, 1932-1972 by William Manchester( Book )

72 editions published between 1973 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 3,928 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A popular history of the United States which encompasses politics, military history, economics, the lively arts, science, fads, fashion, social changes, sexual mores, and communications, with brief biographies of notable Americans--Cover

A world lit only by fire : the medieval mind and the Renaissance : portrait of an age by William Manchester( Book )

45 editions published between 1992 and 2014 in English and held by 3,280 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Explores the sordidness and the splendor of the Middle Ages as well as the collapse of the medieval mind and its metamorphosis into the Renaissance

The arms of Krupp, 1587-1968 by William Manchester( Book )

65 editions published between 1964 and 2017 in 4 languages and held by 3,138 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This narrative chronicles the growth, dynastic power and ultimate decline of the Krupp family, which had armed Germany in three major wars and had influenced the course of German and European history

One brief shining moment : remembering Kennedy by William Manchester( Book )

20 editions published between 1983 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,727 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An intimate view of Pres. Kennedy's rise in politics and 1037 days in office as President of the U.S

Portrait of a president; John F. Kennedy in profile by William Manchester( Book )

44 editions published between 1962 and 1967 in English and held by 1,874 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Disturber of the peace; the life of H.L. Mencken by William Manchester( Book )

26 editions published between 1950 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,152 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In 1947, a young William Manchester--the man who would later become a celebrated biographer, historian, and novelist--was working as a reporter for The Baltimore Sun. It was there that he met fellow journalist H.L. Mencken, the influential writer and cofounder of the magazines The American Mercury and The Smart Set. While attending the University of Missouri, Manchester tackled Mencken as the subject of his Masters thesis. When the resulting biography was published on the wider market in 1951, it made a splash--establishing Manchester's reputation as a skilled writer, biographer, and political commentator. This book tells the story of conservative anarchist H.L. Mencken's life in compelling detail--a story that's energetic, controversial, and surprisingly intimate. Crafted in vivid prose, William Manchester brings Mencken's world to life. William Manchester was the most popular and highly regarded historian and biographer of his time--and this powerful book supports that reputation. Manchester's book is written with verve, intellectual sophistication, and a prickly wit worthy of its eminent subject ... [The Life and Riotous Times of H.L. Mencken] performs a considerable service for American intellectual history. It is, besides, a first-class piece of literate entertainment.--The New Yorker

The last lion, Winston Spencer Churchill by William Manchester( Book )

16 editions published between 2012 and 2015 in English and held by 1,094 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Spanning the years of 1940-1965, this third volume in Manchester's monumental biography the Last Lion picks up shortly after Winston Churchill became Prime Minister-when his tiny island nation stood alone against the overwhelming might of Nazi Germany and continues through Churchill's fight against the rising tide of communism

In our time : the world as seen by Magnum photographers by William Manchester( Book )

21 editions published between 1989 and 1993 in English and held by 912 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Captures the past fifty years of the world in over three hundred photographs

On Mencken : essays( Book )

6 editions published in 1980 in English and Undetermined and held by 897 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The last lion, Winston Spencer Churchill by William Manchester( Book )

5 editions published between 1988 and 2014 in English and held by 881 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The noted biographer-historian continues his life of Winston Churchill, focusing here on the years of Churchill's political exile and his increasingly forceful opposition to Hitler's Germany

Controversy and other essays in journalism, 1950-1975 by William Manchester( Book )

5 editions published between 1976 and 2013 in English and held by 804 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

ISBN 0316544973 LCCN 7541416

A Rockefeller family portrait, from John D. to Nelson by William Manchester( Book )

18 editions published between 1959 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 598 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The last lion, Winston Spencer Churchill by William Manchester( )

18 editions published between 2009 and 2016 in English and held by 437 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Spanning the years 1940 to 1965, Defender of the Realm picks up shortly after Winston Churchill became prime minister--when his tiny island nation stood alone against the overwhelming might of Nazi Germany. The Churchill portrayed by Manchester and Reid is a man of indomitable courage, lightning-fast intellect, and an irresistible will to action. This volume brilliantly recounts how Churchill organized his nation's military response and defense, compelled President Roosevelt to support America's beleaguered cousins, and personified the "never surrender" ethos that helped the Allies win the war, while at the same time adapting himself and his country to the inevitable shift of world power from the British Empire to the United States

A world lit only by fire by William Manchester( Recording )

26 editions published between 1992 and 2011 in English and held by 398 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages. In handsomely crafted prose and with the grace and authority of his extraordinary gift for narrative history, William Manchester leads us from a civilization tottering on the brink of collapse to the grandeur of its rebirth, the Renaissance, a dense explosion of energy that spawned some of history's greatest poets, philosophers, and painters, as well as some of its most spectacular villains

The last lion : Winston Spencer Churchill ; alone, 1932-1940 by William Manchester( Book )

19 editions published between 1982 and 2015 in English and held by 397 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The second volume of Manchester's biography of the great British statesman covers a period of failure in Churchill's life, when he was disowned by his party, dismissed by the establishment as a warmonger and twice nearly lost his seat in Parliament, only to rise again to national prominence when Britain faced the threat of Nazi aggression

H.L. Mencken : disturber of the peace by William Manchester( Book )

18 editions published between 1951 and 1967 in English and held by 288 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The city of anger : a novel by William Manchester( Book )

12 editions published between 1953 and 1986 in English and Undetermined and held by 268 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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