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Geoffrey C. Ward won the national Book Critics Circle Award in 1989. He is the author of Unforgiveable Blackness and, with Ken Burns, he is co-author of The Civil War and Jazz.

Books by Geoffrey Ward

The Vietnam War

From the award-winning historian and filmmakers of The Civil War, Baseball, The War, The Roosevelts, and others: a vivid, uniquely powerful history of the conflict that tore America apart--the companion volume to the major, multipart PBS film to be aired in September 2017.

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Moving to Higher Ground

In this beautiful book, the great jazz performer and personality, famous from PBS, world tours, etc., shows you how an understanding of jazz can change how you -- how people and nations -- can improvise together a more meaningful way of living.

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Unforgivable Blackness

The prize-winning biography of Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight world champion - and one of the most controversial black figures of the 20th century.

WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD

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