David Lavender
Author · 21 books
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.
Series
Books
River Runners of the Grand Canyon
1985
One Man's West
1956
The Southwest
1980
American Heritage History of the Great West
1965
The Great West
1985
The Way to the Western Sea
1988
Let Me Be Free
The Nez Perce Tragedy
1992
Snowbound
The Tragic Story of the Donner Party
1948
Climax at Buena Vista
The Decisive Battle of the Mexican-American War
1966
Red Mountain
1963
The Rockies
1975
Colorado River Country
1982
The Telluride Story
1987
Nothing Seemed Impossible
William C. Ralston and Early San Francisco
1975
Westward Vision
The Story of the Oregon Trail
1963
Bent's Fort
1954
David Lavender's Colorado
1976
Land of Giants
The Drive to the Pacific Northwest, 1750-1950
1958
Los Angeles, Two Hundred
1980
The Big Divide
1948
Desoto, Coronado, Cabrillo
Explorers of the Northern Mystery
1992
