ALSO BY WALTER R. BORNEMAN

The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King—The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea

Iron Horses: America’s Race to Bring the Railroads West

Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America

The French and Indian War: Deciding the Fate of North America

14,000 Feet: A Celebration of Colorado’s Highest Mountains (with Todd Caudle)

1812: The War That Forged a Nation

Alaska: Saga of a Bold Land

A Climbing Guide to Colorado’s Fourteeners (with Lyndon J. Lampert)