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Bio

(1917-2002) Author. Walter Lord was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Walter Lord

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1917

BIRTH

John Walter Lord Jr. was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on October 8, 1917.

1955

LITWORK

A Night To Remember
Henry Holt & Company
0030276152 / 978-0030276156
An account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic.

1957

LITWORK

Day Of Infamy
Henry Holt and Co.
1125305029 / 978-1125305027
An account of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.

1960

LITWORK

The Good Years


An account about life in America during the early twentieth century.

1961

LITWORK

A Time To Stand
Harper

An account of the 1836 Alamo last stand.

1963

LITWORK

Peary To The Pole
Harper & Row

Nonfiction.

1965

LITWORK

The Past That Would Not Die
Harpercollins
0060127007 / 978-0060127008
Nonfiction.

1967

LITWORK

Incredible Victory
Harpercollins
0060126922 / 978-0060126926
An account of the Battle of Midway.

1972

LITWORK

The Dawn's Early Light
W W Norton & Co Inc
0393054527 / 978-0393054521
An account of the Battle of Baltimore in 1814.

1977

LITWORK

Lonely Vigil
Viking Adult
0670437654 / 978-0670437658
Nonfiction about the coast watchers of the Solomon Islands in World War II.

1982

LITWORK

The Miracle Of Dunkirk
Viking Press
0670286303 / 978-0670286300
Nonfiction.

2002

DEATH

Walter Lord died at his home in Manhattan, New York, on May 19, 2002.

2002

INTERMENT

Walter Lord was interred at Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland.

2014

RESIDENCE

Mr. Lord lived on the East Side of Manhattan.

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