Nonfiction:

• THE BUFFALO WAR: The History of the Red River Indian Uprising of 1874 (1976)
• APACHES: A History and Culture Portrait (1981)
• TEXAS: An Album of History (1991)
• SAM HOUSTON (2002)
• PASSIONATE NATION: The Epic History of Texas (2006)
• WOLF: The Lives of Jack London (2010)
• CAPTIVE PARADISE: A History of Hawaii (2014)

Fiction:

• THE KINGS OF SAN CARLOS (1987)
• THE LIONS OF TSAVO (1989)
• FINAL REFUGE: A Novel of Eco-Terrorism (1994)
• THE SHORES OF TRIPOLI: Lieutenant Putnam and the Barbary Pirates (2016)