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Stephen Ambrose's Writing:

http://history1900s.about.com/od/people/a/stephenambrose.htm

This website gives a brief bibliography of Stephan Ambrose and names some of his major works. He was an historian and wrote over thirty books on historical topics. His first book was Wisconsin Boy in Dixie, but it was his second book Halleck, Lincoln’s Chief of Staff that got the attention of the president Dwight Eisenhower. This is how he became Eisenhower’s official biographer and really got his career rolling. Ambrose became popular because he made history interesting by his writing style. He covered topics such as the Civil War (started out covering this topic first), Richard Nixon, George A. Custer, Lewis and Clark, and the transcontinental railroad, and World War 2 (best known for this topic). He wrote books from a soldier’s point of view with no actual war experience, but the way he wrote them made some of his books best sellers.

Rough Draft:

Stephen Ambrose was an author accused of plagiarism.
The History News Network lists seven works of Ambrose's such as The Wild Blue, Undaunted Courage, Nothing Like It In the World, Nixon: Ruin and Recovery, Citizen Soldiers, The Supreme Commander, and Crazy Horse and Custer that copied twelve authors.

Ambrose's response to the accusation of him plagiarising was "I always footnoted, I always gave other writers credit, I made only a few tiny mistakes in thousands of superb pages"

In later years, it was found that he did not plagiarise. He simply omitted quotation marks in a few passages of his books when he had already footnoted the author he was quoting.

Stephen Ambrose

Stephen Ambrose was in the navy was was very interested in the war. He enjoyed writing about American heros and all they did in life. He was a great historian and he wrote books about different points in history. He worked closely with Eisenhower and even wrote a book about him. His book was the inspiration for the movie D-Day. He also was a professor of history at the University of New Orleans.

Plagiarism

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/amb0bio-1

This websites about who Stephen Ambrose is and what he does. This website is credible because it is from the Acedemy of Achievement. It is his biography and it does not mention anything about the plagiarism he was accused for.