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David Sievert Lavender was a well-known historian of the Western United States, nominated twice for the Pulitzer Prize, who is best remembered by many for his River Runners of the Grand Canyon. Lavender spent most of his life in Ojai, California. An articulate and deeply knowledgeable speaker on the political and social history of the American West, he often spoke at the annual Telluride Film Festival.
1965
1954
The Decisive Battle of the Mexican-American War
1966
1982
1976
Explorers of the Northern Mystery
1992
The Drive to the Pacific Northwest, 1750-1950
1958
The Nez Perce Tragedy
1992
1980
William C. Ralston and Early San Francisco
1975
1956
1963
1985
The Tragic Story of the Donner Party
1948
1948
1979
1985
1975
1980
1987
1988
The Story of the Oregon Trail
1963
