David Pietrusza Explained
David Pietrusza |
Occupation: | author, editor, lecturer, political commentator |
David Pietrusza is an American author and historian, and is considered an expert on US Politics in the 1920s.[1]
He has written a number of books, including Roosevelt Sweeps Nation: FDR's 1936 Landslide and the Triumph of the Liberal Ideal, which won the 2023 Independent Publisher Book Awards Gold Medal for US History, received a Kirkus starred review and was nominated for the 2022 Kirkus Prize and the 2022 New Deal Book Award.[2] [3]
Awards and Honors
- CASEY Award for Judge and Jury: The Life and Times of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis[4]
- Finalist (1999), The Seymour Medal, Judge and Jury: The Life and Times of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis[5]
- Rothstein, Nominated, Best Fact Crime Book 2004, The Edgar Awards of The Mystery Writers of America. [6]
- Excellence in Arts & Letters Award, University at Albany Alumni Association [7]
- 100 Notable Alumni from SUNY at Albany (Edurank.com) [8]
- Greater Amsterdam (NY) School District Hall of Fame (initial class) [9]
- Roosevelt Sweeps Nation: FDR's 1936 Landslide and the Triumph of the Liberal Ideal won the 2023 Independent Publisher Book Awards Gold Medal for US History.[10]
- TR's Last War: Theodore Roosevelt, the Great War, and a Journey of Triumph and Tragedy won the 2019 Independent Publisher Book Awards Silver Medal for US History.[11]
- Gangsterland: A Tour Through the Dark Heart of Jazz-Age New York City won the 2024 Independent Publisher Book Awards Silver Medal (tie) for Regional US Non-Fiction.[12]
- Finalist (1997), The CASEY Award, Lights On! The Wild, Century-Long Saga of Night Baseball
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- 2022 New Deal Book Nominee, Roosevelt Sweeps Nation: FDR’s 1936 Landslide and the Triumph of the Liberal Ideal. [14]
Written or edited by David Pietrusza
- Book: Pietrusza, David . Gangsterland: A Tour Through the Dark Heart of Jazz-Age New York City . Diversion Books . 2023 . 9781635769890 .
- Book: Pietrusza, David . Roosevelt Sweeps Nation: FDR's 1936 Landslide and the Triumph of the Liberal Ideal . Diversion Books . 2022 . 9781635767773 .
- Book: Pietrusza, David . Too Long Ago: A Childhood Memory. A Vanished World . Church & Reid Books . 2020 . 9798682923281 .
- Book: Pietrusza, David . TR's Last War: Theodore Roosevelt, The Great War, and a Journey of Triumph and Tragedy . Lyons Press . 2018 . 978-1493028870 .
- Book: Pietrusza, David . 1932: The Rise of Hitler and FDR: Two Tales of Politics, Betrayal and Unlikely Destiny . Lyons Press . 2015 . 9780762793020 .
- Book: Pietrusza, David . Dance Hall: A Novel of Sing Sing . Church & Reid Books . 2014 . 9781440494055 .
- Book: Pietrusza, David . Calvin Coolidge: A Documentary Biography . Create Space . 2013 . 9781468017779.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . Calvin Coolidge on The Founders: Reflections on the American Revolution & the Founding Fathers . Create Space . 2012 . 978-1479213528.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . 1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed America . Union Square Press . 2011 . 978-1402767487.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . Sursum Corda: Documents and Readings on the Traditional Latin Mass . Create Space . 2008 . 978-1438256177.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . 1960: LBJ vs JFK vs Nixon: The Epic Campaign that Forged Three Presidencies . Union Square Press . 2008 . 978-1402767487.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . Silent Cal's Almanack: The Homespun Wit and Wisdom of Vermont's Calvin Coolidge . Create Space . 2008 . 978-1438245409.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . 1920: The Year of the Six Presidents . Carroll & Graf . 2006 . 978-0786716227.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . Rothstein: The Life, Times and Murder of the Criminal Genius who Fixed the 1919 World Series . Carroll & Graf . 2004 . 978-0786712502.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . Judge and Jury: The Life and Times of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis (Foreword by Dick Thornburgh) . Diamond Communications . 2001 . 978-1888698091.
- Book: Pietrusza, David (with Ted Williams) . Ted Williams: My Life in Pictures (with Ted Williams) (aka Teddy Ballgame) . Total Sports . 2001 . 978-1930844070.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . Lights On!: The Wild, Century-Long Saga of Night Baseball (Foreword by Enos Slaughter) . Scarecrow Press . 1997 . 9780810833074.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . Minor Miracles: The Legend and Lure of Minor League Baseball . Diamond Communications . 1995 . 9780912083827.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . Major Leagues: The Formation, Sometimes Absorption and Mostly Inevitable Demise of 18 Professional Baseball Organizations, 1871 to Present (Foreword by Lee MacPhail) . McFarland Publishing . 1991 . 9780912083827.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . Baseball's Canadian American League: A History of Its Inception, Franchises, Participants, Locales, Statistics, Demise & Legacy, 1936-195" (Foreword by John Thorn) . McFarland Publishing . 1990 . 9780899505084.
Co-Edited by David Pietrusza
- Book: Pietrusza, David . Baseball: The Biographical Encyclopedia . Total Sports/Sports Illustrated Publishing . 2000 . 978-1892129345.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . Total Baseball: The Official Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball . Total Sports . 1999 . 978-1892129031.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . The Total Baseball Catalog: Great Baseball Stuff and How to Buy It . 1998 . 978-0965694933.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . The Hidden Game of Football . Total Sports . 1998 . 1-892129-01-9.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . Total Super Bowl . HarperPerennial . 1998 . 0-06-105885-8.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . Total Quarterbacks . HarperPerennial . 1998 . 0-06-105891-2.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . Total Quarterbacks . HarperPerennial . 1998 . 0-06-105891-2.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . Total Steelers . HarperPerennial . 1998 . 0-06-105894-7.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . Total 49ers . HarperPerennial . 1998 . 0-06-105897-1.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . Total Packers . HarperPerennial . 1998 . 0-06-105892-0.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . Total Cowboys . HarperPerennial . 1998 . 0-06-105899-8.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . Total Mets . Total Sports . 1997 . 0-9656949-0-9.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . Total Braves . Penguin Books . 1996 . 978-0140257298.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . Total Indians . Penguin Books . 1996 . 978-0140257281.
Managing Editor
- Book: Carroll, Bob, Michael Gershman, David Neft and John Thorn . Total Football: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League . HarperResource . 1997 . 978-0062701701.
Books for Younger Readers
- Book: Pietrusza, David . The Cleveland Indians Baseball Team . Enslow . 2001 . 978-0766014916.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . The St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Team . Enslow . 2001 . 978-0766014909.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . The San Francisco Giants Baseball Team . Enslow . 2000 . 978-0766012844.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . The Baltimore Orioles Baseball Team . Enslow . 2000 . 978-0766012837.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . Michael Jordan . Lucent . 1999 . 978-1560063506.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . The Roaring Twenties . Lucent . 1998 . 978-1560063094.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . Top 10 Baseball Managers . Enslow . 1998 . 978-0766010765.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . The Los Angeles Dodgers Baseball Team . Enslow . 1998 . 978-0766010970.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . The New York Yankees Baseball Team . Enslow . 1997 . 978-0766010185.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . The Boston Celtics Basketball Team . Enslow . 1997 . 978-0766010192.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . The Phoenix Suns Basketball Team . Enslow . 1997 . 978-0894907951.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . Mysterious Deaths: John F. Kennedy . Lucent . 1996 . 978-1560062639.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . The Chinese Cultural Revolution . Lucent . 1996 . 978-1560063056.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . Smoking . Lucent . 1996 . 978-1560061861.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . The Invasion of Normandy . Lucent . 1995 . 978-1560064138.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . The Battle of Waterloo . Lucent . 1995 . 978-1560064237.
- Book: Pietrusza, David . The End of the Cold War . Lucent . 1994 . 978-1560062806.
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Notes and References
- Web site: Buell . Bill . 2021-01-13 . Glenville author has written 8 books on presidents and 3 on baseball. His latest is about growing up in Amsterdam . 2024-06-19 . The Daily Gazette Family of Newspapers . en.
- Web site: DeRensis . Hunter . 2022-10-17 . FDR Won . 2024-06-19 . The American Conservative . en-US.
- Web site: 2023 Medalists 54-88 . 2024-06-19 . ippyawards.com.
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- http://drharoldseymour.com/award-winners-and-finalists Retrieved 2024-05-26/
- https://edgarawards.com/category-list-best-fact-crime/
- https://www.alumni.albany.edu/s/1642/bp19/interior.aspx?sid=1642&gid=2&pgid=2439 Retrieved 2024-06-24
- https://edurank.org/uni/suny-at-albany/alumni/ Retrieved 2024-06-19
- https://www.dailygazette.com/leader_herald/sports/gasd-hall-of-fame-induction-slated/article_ba9a187f-6488-5b79-9a36-bc5c209a4f81.html Retrieved 2024-06-19
- https://ippyawards.com/172/medalists/2023-medalists-1-53/2023-medalists-54-88 Retrieved 2024-06-26
- https://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=2381 Retrieved 2024-06-26
- https://ippyawards.com/180/2024-medalists-89-ebook%7Dretrieved Retrieved 2024-06-26
- https://www.spitballmag.com/casey-award-best-baseball-book Retrieved 2024-06-26
- https://livingnewdeal.org/media-references/new-deal-books/past-new-deal-book-award-nominees/