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Craig Nelson

Biography

Craig Nelson

Craig Nelson is the author of PEARL HARBOR: From Infamy to Greatness and the New York Times bestseller ROCKET MEN: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon, as well as several previous books, including THE AGE OF RADIANCE (a PEN Award Finalist chosen as one of the year’s best books by NBC News, the American Institute of Physics, Kirkus Reviews and FlavorWire), THE FIRST HEROES and THOMAS PAINE (shortlisted for W.H. Smith’s Book of the Year). His writing has appeared in Vanity Fair, The Wall Street Journal, Salon, National Geographic, The New England Review, Popular Science, Reader’s Digest and a host of other publications.

Craig Nelson

Books by Craig Nelson

Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness
by Craig Nelson - History, Nonfiction

The America we live in today was born, not on July 4, 1776, but on December 7, 1941, when an armada of 354 Japanese warplanes supported by aircraft carriers, destroyers and midget submarines suddenly and savagely attacked the United States, killing 2,403 men --- and forced America’s entry into World War II. PEARL HARBOR follows, moment by moment, the sailors, soldiers, pilots, diplomats, admirals, generals, emperor and president as they engineer, fight and react to this stunningly dramatic moment in world history.

The Age of Radiance: The Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the Atomic Era
by Craig Nelson - History, Nonfiction

From the New York Times bestselling author of ROCKET MEN and the award-winning biographer of Thomas Paine comes the first complete history of the Atomic Age, a brilliant, magisterial account of the men and women who uncovered the secrets of the nucleus, brought its power to America, and ignited the 20th century.