DAVIS, Burke

DAVIS, Burke. American, b. 1913. Genres: Novels, Children's non-fiction, History, Biography. Career: Ed., Feature Writer and Sports Ed., Charlotte News, North Carolina, 1937-47; Reporter, Baltimore Evening Sun, Maryland, 1947-52; Reporter Greensboro News, North Carolina, 1951-60; Writer and Historian, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, 1960-78. Publications: Whisper My Name, 1949; The Ragged Ones, 1951; Yorktown, 1952; They Called Him Stonewall, 1954; Gray Fox, 1956; Roberta E. Lee, 1956; Jeb Stuart, The Last Cavalier, 1957; To Appomattox, 1959; Our Incredible Civil War, 1960; Marine!, 1961; The Guilford Courthouse-Cowpens Campaign, 1962; America's First Army, 1962; Appomattox: Closing Struggle of the Civil War, 1963; The Summer Land, 1965; (co-author) Rebel Raider, 1966; The Billy Mitchell Affair, 1967; A Williamsburg Galaxy, 1967; (co-author) The World of Currier & Ives, 1968; Get Yamamoto, 1969; Yorktown: The Winning of American Independence, 1969; Billy Mitchell Story, 1969; The Campaign That Won America: Yorktown, 1970; Heroes of the American Revolution, 1971; Jamestown, 1971; Thomas Jefferson's Virginia, 1971; Amelia Earhart, 1972; Biography of a Leaf, 1972; Three for Revolution, 1975; Biography of a Kingsnake, 1975; George Washington and the American Revolution, 1975; Newer and Better Organic Gardening, 1976; Biography of a Fish Hawk, 1976; Black Heroes of the American Revolution, 1976; Old Hickory: A Life of Andrew Jackson, 1977; Mr. Lincoln's Whiskers, 1978; Sherman's March, 1980; The Long Surrender, 1985; The Southern Railway, 1985; War Bird: The Life and Times of Elliott White Springs, 1986.