Who This Author Is

Albert Marrin has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 10 catalog-linked books across 1993 to 2009, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Backlist browsing.

Best for readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list. If you want the easiest first click, start with The Sea King: Sir Francis Drake and His Times and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1993 to 2009; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Simon & Schuster and Dutton Children's Books.

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Author At A Glance

Best known for: Backlist browsing entry points • common used copies from Simon & Schuster and Dutton Children's Books

Genres and themes: Backlist browsing

Who this author is best for: readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1993 to 2009; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Simon & Schuster and Dutton Children's Books.

Top Books To Start With

  1. The Sea King: Sir Francis Drake and His Times

    Simon & Schuster • 1995 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1995 • 176 pages.

  2. Unconditional Surrender: U. S. Grant and the Civil War

    Simon & Schuster • 1994 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1994 • 200 pages.

  3. Cowboys, Indians, and Gunfighters: The Story of the Cattle Kingdom, Illustrated in Full Color and Black and White with Prints, Paintings, Photographs

    Simon & Schuster • 1993 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1993 • 196 pages.

  4. Old Hickory

    Dutton Children's Books • 2004 • standard commitment

    It helps anchor a specific period of this author’s publishing run instead of blending into the undated shelf clutter.

  5. George Washington and the Founding of a Nation

    Dutton Juvenile • 2003 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2003 • 288 pages.

  6. Sitting Bull and His World

    Penguin Group USA • 2000 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2000 • 256 pages.

  7. Commander in Chief: Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War

    Penguin Group USA • 1997 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1997 • 246 pages.

  8. Virginia's General

    Simon & Schuster • 1994 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1994.

  9. Years of dust

    Dutton Children's Books • 2009 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: year signal: 2009.

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