Buddy Levy Books in Order

Levy recounts pursuing chukar partridges across rugged country with his father and his dog, Cajun. Hunting memories, natural history, and practical guidance explore the demanding landscapes and family bonds that make the pursuit meaningful to him.

Levy follows David Crockett from an impoverished childhood through frontier adventures, congressional politics, and the Alamo. Drawing on contemporary accounts, he examines how a complicated man helped create the larger-than-life figure remembered in American folklore.

In 1519, Hernan Cortes arrived in Mexico and began a campaign against Montezuma's Aztec empire. Levy traces the conflict through military encounters, shifting alliances, religious convictions, and disease, showing how competing ambitions transformed an entire civilization.

Separated from Gonzalo Pizarro's expedition in 1541, Francisco Orellana led a desperate journey down the Amazon. Levy reconstructs the explorers' struggle with hunger, unfamiliar terrain, and encounters with Indigenous communities along a river Europeans scarcely understood.

Mike Leach and Buddy Levy examine Geronimo's life as an Apache warrior and leader, drawing lessons from his strategies and resilience. Historical episodes become a framework for thinking about preparation, adaptability, and leadership under pressure.

Blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayer seeks new purpose beyond his Everest climb, eventually attempting to kayak the Grand Canyon. His memoir connects that challenge with family life and encounters with others confronting profound physical and personal obstacles.

In 1881, Adolphus Greely led an Arctic scientific expedition that became stranded when relief ships failed to arrive. Levy recounts the party's desperate retreat and the determined effort to rescue men facing cold, starvation, and dwindling hope.

When the Karluk became trapped in Arctic ice in 1913, its expedition leader departed, leaving the crew facing disaster. Captain Robert Bartlett and an Inuit companion undertook a hazardous journey to bring help to the stranded survivors.

Early airship expeditions promised a new route to the North Pole, drawing ambitious explorers into fierce competition. Levy follows their breakthroughs and catastrophes, culminating in the Italia disaster and the international effort to find its stranded crew.