Bob Drury Books in Order

Bob Drury follows Alaska's 210th Pararescue Squadron as it attempts to save three British climbers stranded on Denali. The account explores the harsh mountain conditions and difficult decisions faced by rescuers operating at the limits of human endurance.

In December 1944, Admiral Halsey's fleet sails into a devastating Pacific typhoon, leaving hundreds of sailors fighting for survival. Bob Drury and Tom Clavin reconstruct the disaster and a destroyer escort commander's determined efforts to rescue them.

As Saigon falls in April 1975, a small group of Marines and helicopter crews struggles to evacuate those left behind. Drury and Clavin trace the final hours through interviews, records, and the experiences of the last embassy defenders.

Reporter Bob Drury follows American soldiers wounded by improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan. Their accounts move from battlefield survival to the difficult struggle at home, revealing the lasting personal costs of injuries that receive little public attention.

Bob Drury and Tom Clavin trace Red Cloud's rise as an Oglala Lakota leader and his resistance to American expansion. Drawing on historical accounts, they explore the alliances, battles, and pressures that shaped his defense of his people's land.

This collection gathers Bob Drury's magazine columns across war, sport, and other subjects. His reporting follows soldiers, public figures, and memorable personalities, bringing individual lives into focus against the conflicts and circumstances that shape them.

Bob Drury follows a year at paws4people, where service dogs are trained and paired with veterans and children with disabilities. The account traces the dogs' development and the relationships that grow between the animals and their new partners.

Pilot Jay Zeamer and bombardier Joseph Sarnoski assemble a crew of misfits and rebuild a battered B-17. Their reconnaissance mission over Japanese territory becomes a desperate aerial battle that tests their ingenuity, friendship, and courage.

During the winter of 1777, George Washington struggles to hold together a starving, defeated army. The account follows the soldiers and advisers whose endurance and training helped transform the Continental Army while political rivals threatened Washington's command.

Daniel Boone's journeys beyond the Appalachians unfold amid violent struggles over land and independence. Drawing on contemporary accounts, Bob Drury and Tom Clavin follow the settlers, Native peoples, and competing empires involved in America's westward expansion.

In December 1944, James Rudder's Rangers receive orders to capture and defend Hill 400 in Germany. Outnumbered and exposed, the battalion faces German forces equally determined to hold a position crucial to the approaching counteroffensive.

Jedediah Smith's journeys across the Rockies and toward the Pacific reveal the dangers and ambitions of nineteenth-century exploration. His story unfolds among fur trappers, settlers, and Indigenous communities caught in the violent expansion of the United States.

Marine officer Pete Ortiz undertakes secret missions for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. His work in North Africa and occupied France brings him into combat, espionage, and collaboration with French resistance fighters.