Douglas Brinkley

Douglas Brinkley is a professor of history at Rice University and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. The Chicago Tribune has dubbed him “America’s new past master,” and six of his books have been selected as New York Times Notable Books of the Year. His recent The Wilderness Warrior won the Green Prize for Sustainable Literature and the National Outdoor Book Award. The Great Deluge, his account of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, won the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and three children.

Books Authored

Image of American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race
Author(s):
Douglas Brinkley
Genre(s):
Science & Math, World

American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race

April 4, 2019
Reviewed by: 
Jerry Lenaburg

“If one man can be said to have gotten Americans to the moon, it was definitely John F. Kennedy . . .”

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Image of The Quiet World: Saving Alaska's Wilderness Kingdom, 1879-1960
Author(s):
Douglas Brinkley
Genre(s):
Science & Math

The Quiet World: Saving Alaska's Wilderness Kingdom, 1879-1960

December 16, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Jeff Lowenfels

Let’s get the easy part out of the way: I highly recommend The Quiet World: Saving Alaska’s Wilderness Kingdom (1879–1960) by Rice University history professor Douglas Brinkley.

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