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Most of our Landmarks books are reader copies only, and are usually less than the marked price. Collectors: please call or email if you're looking for specific editions or dust jackets!

Landmark Books was a children's book series published by Random House from 1950 to 1970, featuring stories of significant people and events in American history written by popular authors at the time. The series expanded in 1953 to include world history as a sub-series called World Landmark Books, and a second sub-series of larger-format books illustrated with color artwork or black and white photographs was introduced in the 1960s as Landmark Giant, which would continue releasing new titles beyond the end of the main series until 1974. Select titles from the American and World series were reissued in paperback from the 1980s to the early 2000s.

Volumes in the initial run of the American, World, and Giant series were numbered, and a list of titles was printed on the inside of each book's dust jacket. The series would grow to include 122 American, 63 World, and 25 Giant volumes by noted authors like C. S. Forester, Robert Penn Warren, Pearl S. Buck, Quentin Reynolds, MacKinlay Kantor, Shirley Jackson, Daniel J. Boorstin, and many others.

A blurb printed on the jacket of later entries in the series by Millicent Taylor, former Education Editor for The Christian Science Monitor, described the Landmark Books as being intended for ages ten to fifteen, uniformly under 200 pages, and illustrated with maps and drawings.

David Spear, writing in the American Historical Association's news magazine, says that the series "lured an entire generation of young readers" to the history discipline, "including many of today's professional historians."[1]

"The Landmark Books are a series of non-fiction books published by Random House in the fifties and early sixties. Simply put, the Landmark series is the best collection of children's histories ever written. As a jacket blurb on an old edition stated, the reasons [for the series' popularity] are obvious: good writers and important and appealing subjects from America's past.

Writers in the Landmark series include such notable authors as:

Other writers in the series, though less well known, are generally first-rate." —Kathy Artner, Reader's Guide to American History.

 

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Alaska Gold Rush
Landmark #92
by May McNeer, illustrated by Lynd Ward
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr
Landmark #85
by Russel & Anna Crouse, illustrated by Walter Buehr
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
America's First World War
Landmark #77
by Henry Castor, illustrated by Albert Orbaan
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
American Revolution
Landmark #83
by Bruce Bliven, Jr., illustrated by Albert Orbaan
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Americans Into Orbit
Landmark #101
by Gene Gurney, illustrated with photographs
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Andrew Carnegie and the Age of Steel
Landmark #80
by Katherine B. Shippen, illustrated by Ernie Barth
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Barbary Pirates
Landmark #31
by C. S. Forester, illustrated by Charles J. Mazoujian
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Battle for Iwo Jima
Landmark #118
by Robert Leckie
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Battle for the Atlantic
Landmark #87
by Jay Williams, maps by Richard Edes Harrison
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
Clipper Ship Days
Landmark #22
by John Jennings, illustrated by Edward A. Wilson
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Combat Nurses of World War II
Landmark #116
by Wyatt Blassingame, illustrated by Gil Walker
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
Coming of the Mormons
Landmark #37
by Jim Kjelgaard, illustrated by Stephen J. Voorhies
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Copper Kings of Montana
Landmark #95
by Marian T. Place, illustrated by Ernest Kurt Barth
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Custer's Last Stand
Landmark #20
by Quentin Reynolds, illustrated by Frederick T. Chapman
from Random House Books for Young Readers
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Daniel Boone: The Opening of the Wilderness
Landmark #21
by John Mason Brown, illustrated by Lee J. Ames
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Davy Crockett
Landmark #57
by Stewart H. Holbrook, illustrated by Ernest Richardson
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Disaster at Johnstown: The Great Flood
Landmark #109
by Hildegarde Dolson
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Doctors Who Conquered Yellow Fever
Landmark #78
by Ralph Nading Hill, illustrated by Richard M. Powers
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Dolly Madison
Landmark #47
by Jane Mayer, illustrated by Walter Buehr
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Landmark #108
by Malcolm Moos
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Erie Canal
Landmark #34
by Samuel Hopkins Adams, illustrated by Leonard Vosburgh
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys
Landmark #66
by Slater Brown, illustrated by William Moyers
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Explorations of Père Marquette
Landmark #17
by Jim Kjelgaard, illustrated by Stephen J. Voorhies
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
First Overland Mail
Landmark #40
by Robert E. Pinkerton, illustrated by Paul Lantz
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
First Transatlantic Cable
Landmark #88
by Adele Nathan, illustrated by Denver Gillen
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Flat-tops: The Story of Aircraft Carriers
Landmark #121
by Edmund Castillo
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Flying Tigers
Landmark #105
by John Toland
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
From Casablanca to Berlin
Landmark #112
by Bruce Bliven, Jr.
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
From Pearl Harbor to Okinawa
Landmark #94
by Bruce Bliven
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
George Washington Carver
Landmark #38
by Anne Terry White, illustrated by Douglas Gorsline
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
George Washington: Frontier Colonel
Landmark #71
by Sterling North, illustrated by Lee J. Ames
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Geronimo: Wolf of the Warpath
Landmark #81
by Ralph Moody, illustrated by Nicholas Eggenhofer
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Gettysburg
Landmark #23
by MacKinlay Kantor, illustrated by Donald McKay
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Golden Age of Railroads
Landmark #93
by Stewart H. Holbrook, illustrated by Ernest Richardson
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Great American Fighter Pilots of World War II
Landmark #96
by Robert D. Loomis, foreword by General Robert Lee Scott, Jr., illustrated with photographs
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Guadalcanal Diary
Landmark #55
by Richard Tregaskis, illustrated with photographs
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Hawaii, Gem of the Pacific
Landmark #49
by Oscar Lewis, illustrated by Stephen Medvey
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Heroines of the Early West
Landmark #91
by Nancy Wilson Ross, illustrated by Paul Galdone
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Medal of Honor Heroes
Landmark #111
by Colonel Red Reeder
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Medical Corps Heroes of World War II
Landmark #120
by Wyatt Blassingame
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
Midway: Battle for the Pacific
Landmark #119
by Edmund Castillo
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
Monitor and the Merrimac
Landmark #16
by Fletcher Pratt, illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrove II
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Mysterious Voyage of Captain Kidd
Landmark #122
by A.B.C. Whipple
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
Pirate Lafitte and the Battle of New Orleans
Landmark #19
by Robert Tallant
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Prehistoric America
Landmark #11
by Anne Terry White, illustrated by Aldren Watson
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Rogers' Rangers and the French and Indian War
Landmark #63
by Bradford Smith, illustrated by John C. Wonsetler
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Seabees of World War II
Landmark #103
by Edmund Castillo, foreword by Admiral Ben Moreell, CEC, USN, illustrated with photographs
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
Sequoyah: Leader of the Cherokees
Landmark #65
by Alice Marriott, illustrated by Bob Riger
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Stonewall Jackson
Landmark #86
by Jonathan Daniels, illustrated by William Moyers
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Story of Oklahoma
Landmark #100
by Lon Tinkle, illustrated by Lorence Bjorklund
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Story of San Francisco
Landmark #59
by Charlotte Jackson; illustrated by Kurt Werth
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Story of Submarines
Landmark #102
by George Weller, illustrated with photographs
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Story of the Naval Academy
Landmark #84
by Felix Riesenberg, illustrated by William M. Hutchinson
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Story of the Paratroops
Landmark #82
by George Weller, illustrated by W. T. Mars
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Story of the Secret Service
Landmark #75
by Ferdinand Kuhn, foreword by U. E. Baughman, Chief of the U.S. Secret Service
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Story of the Thirteen Colonies
Landmark #115
by Clifford Lindsey Alderman
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
Story of the U.S. Airforce
Landmark #89
by Robert D. Loomis; foreword by General Curtis E. Le May
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Story of the U.S. Coast Guard
Landmark #97
by Eugene Rachlis, foreword by Admiral A. C. Richmond, US Coast Guard Commandant, illustrated with photographs
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Story of the U.S. Marines
Landmark #14
by George Hunt, illustrated by Charles J. Mazoujian
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Story of Thomas Alva Edison
Landmark #110
by Margaret Cousins
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
Swamp Fox of the Revolution
Landmark #90
by Stewart H. Holbrook, illustrated by Ernest Richardson
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders
Landmark #41
by Henry Castor, illustrated by William Reusswig
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Texas Rangers
Landmark #72
by Will Henry, illustrated by Charles Banks Wilson
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
The F.B.I.
Landmark #46
by Quentin Reynolds, illustrated with photographs; foreword by J. Edgar Hoover
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Landmark #35
by Ted W. Lawson, edited by Bob Considine, illustrated with photographs
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Thomas Jefferson, Father of Democracy
Landmark #36
by Vincent Sheean, illustrated by Warren Chappell
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too!
Landmark #76
by Stanley Young, illustrated by Warren Chappell
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
To California by Covered Wagon
Landmark #42
by George Stewart, illustrated by William Moyers
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Trappers and Traders of the Far West
Landmark #29
by James Daugherty
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
U.S. Border Patrol
Landmark #104
by Clement Hellyer
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
U.S. Frogmen of World War II
Landmark #106
by Wyatt Blassingame
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
Up the Trail from Texas
Landmark #60
by J. Frank Dobie, illustrated by John C. Wonsetler
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Vikings
Landmark #12
by Elizabeth Janeway, illustrated by Henry C. Pitz
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Walk in Space: The Story of Project Gemini
Landmark #117
by Gene Gurney
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
War Chief of the Seminoles
Landmark #50
by May McNeer, illustrated by Lynd Ward
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
West Point Story
Landmark #70
by Colonel Red Reeder & Nardi Reeder Campion, illustrated by Frederick Chapman
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
William Penn: Quaker Hero
Landmark #98
by Hildegarde Dolson, illustrated by Leonard Everett Fisher
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Witchcraft of Salem Village
Landmark #69
by Shirley Jackson, illustrated by Lili Béthi
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Women of Courage
Landmark #107
by Dorothy Nathan
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
World's Greatest Showman
Landmark #64
by J. Bryan III, illustrated with photographs
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Wright Brothers
Landmark #10
by Quentin Reynolds, illustrated by Jacob Landau
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Wyatt Earp: U.S. Marshal
Landmark #67
by Stewart H. Holbrook, illustrated by Ernest Richardson
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
Young Mark Twain and the Mississippi
Landmark #113
by Harnett T. Kane
from Random House
for 5th-9th grade
in American Landmark Books (Location: VIN-LAND)
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