Mark Bowden Books

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Mark Bowden is an American journalist who is known more for his novels than he is for his reporting. Bowden was born in 1951 in St. Louis, Missouri. He graduated from Loyola University Maryland in 1973, an institution to which he returned years later to teach creating writing.

Order of Mark Bowden Non-Fiction Books

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1 Doctor Dealer 1987 Description / Buy
2 Bringing the Heat 1994 Description / Buy
3 Black Hawk Down 1999 Description / Buy
4 Killing Pablo 2001 Description / Buy
5 Our Finest Day (Short Story) 2002 Description / Buy
6 Finders Keepers 2002 Description / Buy
7 Road Work 2004 Description / Buy
8 Guests of the Ayatollah 2006 Description / Buy
9 The Best American Crime Writing 2006 ( By: Jeffrey Toobin) 2006 Description / Buy
10 The Best Game Ever 2007 Description / Buy
11 Worm 2011 Description / Buy
12 Marketing Your Business on The Internet (Short Story) 2012 Description / Buy
13 Winning Body Language for Success in Career and Life 2012 Description / Buy
14 The Finish 2012 Description / Buy
15 The Three Battles of Wanat 2016 Description / Buy
16 The Art of the Donald (Short Story) 2016 Description / Buy
17 Hue 1968 2017 Description / Buy
18 Use Your Brain Raise Your Game 2017 Description / Buy
19 The Last Stone 2019 Description / Buy
20 The Case of the Vanishing Blonde 2020 Description / Buy
21 The Steal ( With:) 2022 Description / Buy
22 Life Sentence 2023 Description / Buy

Order of U.S. Landmark Non-Fiction Series

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1 The Voyages of Christopher Columbus ( By: Armstrong Sperry) 1950 Description / Buy
2 The Landing of the Pilgrims ( By: James Daugherty) 1950 Description / Buy
3 Our Independence and the Constitution ( By: Dorothy Canfield Fisher) 1950 Description / Buy
4 Paul Revere and the Minute Men ( By: Dorothy Canfield Fisher) 1950 Description / Buy
5 The Pirate Lafitte and the Battle of New Orleans ( By: Robert Tallant) 1951 Description / Buy
6 Trappers and Traders of the Far West ( By: James Daugherty) 1952 Description / Buy
7 The Louisiana Purchase ( By: Robert Tallant) 1952 Description / Buy
8 John Paul Jones: The Pirate Patriot ( By: Armstrong Sperry) 1953 Description / Buy
9 Clara Barton ( By: Helen Boylston) 1955 Description / Buy
10 Davy Crockett ( By:) 1955 Description / Buy
11 The Story of D-Day ( By:) 1956 Description / Buy
12 Abe Lincoln: Log Cabin to White House ( By: Sterling North) 1956 Description / Buy
13 Wyatt Earp: U.S. Marshal ( By:) 1956 Description / Buy
14 Evangeline and The Acadians ( By: Robert Tallant) 1957 Description / Buy
15 Remember the Alamo! ( By: Robert Warren) 1958 Description / Buy
16 Andrew Carnegie and the Age of Steel ( By: Katherine Binney Shippen) 1958 Description / Buy
17 The American Revolution ( By:) 1958 Description / Buy
18 The Battle for the Atlantic ( By:) 1959 Description / Buy
19 The Golden Age of Railroads ( By:) 1960 Description / Buy
20 From Pearl Harbor to Okinawa: The War in the Pacific: 1941-1945 ( By:) 1960 Description / Buy
21 William Penn: Quaker Hero ( By: Leonard Everett Fisher, Hildegarde Dolson) 1961 Description / Buy
22 Mr. Bell Invents the Telephone ( By: Katherine Binney Shippen) 1963 Description / Buy
23 From Casablanca To Berlin- The War in North Africa and Europe: 1942-1945 ( By:) 1965 Description / Buy
24 Battle for Iwo Jima ( By: Robert Leckie) 1967 Description / Buy
25 George Washington: Frontier Colonel ( By: Sterling North) 2006 Description / Buy
26 The Swamp Fox of the Revolution ( By:) 2008 Description / Buy

Order of Biographies & Memoirs with Richard Tregaskis

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1 Guadalcanal Diary 1943 Description / Buy
2 Invasion Diary: A Dramatic Firsthand Account of the Allied Invasion of Italy ( By: Richard Tregaskis) 1944 Description / Buy
3 Stronger Than Fear. ( By: Richard Tregaskis) 1945 Description / Buy

Mark Bowden Anthologies

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1 Wild Stories 2002 Description / Buy
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It was during his college years that Bowden discovered ‘The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test’ (Tom Wolfe), a book that ignited his love for journalism. When he secured a position with ‘The Philadelphia Inquirer’ as a staff writer in 1979, he had no idea that he would stay there for the next 24 years. He also had no idea that his work at The Philadelphia Inquirer would define his career.

In the years that followed, the author had the opportunity to write for publications like ‘Vanity Fair’, ‘Sports Illustrated’, and ‘Rolling Stone’. But it was his work with the Inquirer that left a lasting impression. As far as fiction is concerned, as a high school student, Mark Bowden was more interested in art than he was in writing.

He used to produce caricatures of teachers that won him quite a bit of attention. Bowden was a reader from an early age. But it wasn’t until he got to college that his passion for writing finally entered the picture. Bowden had an amazing teacher who changed his perception of the activity by encouraging him to focus on the mechanical aspects of writing.

Bowden learned how to determine what made certain articles more compelling than others. Quite a bit of his time was spent pursuing his duties as the editor of the institution’s newspaper. The author admits that he got a little carried away with the authority he had. He believes that his era in the newspaper was the worst the college ever saw.

But Bowden, for his part, loved every moment of his reign. Life outside college was just as interesting. After joining ‘The Baltimore News American’, the author discovered the joys of reporting. He loved going into small communities to investigate stories.

The publication gave him the opportunity to write about local politics and scandals. He appreciated the fact that his job gave him an excuse to meet new people.

At the Philadelphia Inquirer, Bowden’s bosses wanted him to primarily cover the Eagles from a new angle. The journalist achieved this task by getting to know the Eagles players during the off-season.

When he eventually stumbled across the idea for ‘Black Hawk Down’, no one at the Inquirer shared his enthusiasm for the story. The author had to finance his own investigation. Fortunately, the publication reimbursed him later on. Once he got a job offer from The New York Times, his boss at the Philadelphia Inquirer scrambled to match it.

Bowden used that opportunity to secure support for his story. The journalist initially released it as a 26-part series in the Inquirer. Then the publishers came calling and turned him into one of the biggest authors in the country. Bowden went on to write several more novels inspired by his reporting. But it is still for ‘Black Hawk Down’ that he is known.

Mark Bowden Awards

Some of the accolades the author has accumulated over the decades include the Cornelius Ryan Award (Overseas Press Club), Hal Boyle Award, and National Book Award.

Mark Bowden Books into Movies

‘Black Hawk Down’ became a movie of the same name in 2001. ‘Killing Pablo’ became a TV movie.

Best Mark Bowden Books

Mark Bowden has lived an exciting life that has drastically influenced the nature of his storytelling, with some of the best books in his bibliography including:

Black Hawk Down: In 1993, a hundred American soldiers were sent to Somalia. Their task was simple. They were to drop into a teeming market and secure the lieutenants of a Somali Warlord. What should have been an hour-long mission took a turn for the worse when the soldiers were suddenly assaulted by a wave of armed Somalis.

Killing Pablo: For a time, Pablo Escobar was the world’s most dangerous criminal, a drug lord that was unleashing death and destruction on the streets of Colombia on a daily basis. For his actions, he was eventually caught and killed. Mark Bowden provides a detailed account of the manhunt that ultimately ended Pablo’s life.

When Does The Next Mark Bowden book come out?

Mark Bowden doesn't seem to have an upcoming book. Their newest book is Life Sentence and was released on April, 11th 2023. It is the newest book in the Mark Bowden Non-Fiction Books.

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