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.