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Stephen L. Moore

Biography

Stephen L. Moore

Stephen L. Moore, a sixth generation Texan, graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, where he studied advertising, marketing and journalism. He currently serves as the marketing director for a Dallas-area electronics manufacturer.

Steve's latest book is the nonfiction companion to the History Channel's "Texas Rising" miniseries drama about the Texas Revolution and the early Texas Rangers. His first book, published in 1996, was a collaboration with SFA professor Bob Gruebel and Confederate Air Force historian Bill Shinneman about a World War II carrier squadron. His Texas history books include the critically acclaimed EIGHTEEN MINUTES: The Battle of San Jacinto and the Texas Independence Campaign, as well as the four-volume Savage Frontier series on the early Texas Rangers and Texas Indian Wars. His other World War II non-fiction books include a series of books on the submarine service in the Pacific War.

He has given lectures for the Daughters of the Republic of Texas at the Alamo, in the San Jacinto Museum of History, at the 40th Anniversary San Jacinto Descendants Assembly, for various historical organizations and at World War II military assemblies. He has also been a featured author at the Texas Book Festival in Austin and is a contributing writer for various historical journals.

Steve lives north of Dallas in Lantana, Texas, with his wife Cindy and their three children.

Stephen L. Moore

Books by Stephen L. Moore

Texas Rising: The Epic True Story of the Lone Star Republic and the Rise of the Texas Rangers, 1836-1846
by Stephen L. Moore - History, Nonfiction

Acclaimed Texas historian Stephen L. Moore’s new narrative history --- the official nonfiction companion to the History Channel's dramatic series "Texas Rising" (created by the same team that made the ratings record-breaker "Hatfields & McCoys") --- tells the full, thrilling story of the Texas Revolution from its humble beginnings to its dramatic conclusion, and reveals the contributions of the fabled Texas Rangers --- both during the revolution and in the frontier Indian wars that followed.

The Battle for Hell's Island: How a Small Band of Carrier Dive-Bombers Helped Save Guadalcanal
by Stephen L. Moore - History, Nonfiction

November 1942: Japanese and American forces have been fighting for control of Guadalcanal, a small but pivotal island in Japan’s expansion through the South Pacific. Both sides have endured months of grueling battle under the worst circumstances. The Japanese call Guadalcanal Jigoku no Jima --- Hell's Island. A remarkable story of grit, guts and heroism, THE BATTLE FOR HELL’S ISLAND reveals how command of the South Pacific, and the outcome of the Pacific War, depended on control of a single dirt airstrip --- and the small group of battle-weary aviators sent to protect it with their lives.

Pacific Payback: The Carrier Aviators Who Avenged Pearl Harbor at the Battle of Midway
by Stephen L. Moore - History, Nonfiction

For the Dauntless dive-bomber crews of the USS Enterprise returning to their home base on Oahu, Sunday, December 7, 1941 was a morning from hell. Flying directly into the Japanese ambush at Pearl Harbor, they lost a third of their squadron and witnessed the heart of America’s Navy broken and smoldering on the oil-slicked waters below. Drawing on dozens of new interviews and oral histories, author Stephen L. Moore brings to life inspiring stories of individual sacrifice and bravery --- and the sweeping saga of one of America’s greatest triumphs.