Walter R. Borneman
Walter R. Borneman (born January 5, 1952), is an American historian and lawyer. He is the author of well-known popular books on 18th and 19th century United States history. Education. He received his B.A. in 1974 from Western State College of Colorado, and received an M.A. in history there in 1975 for a thesis on "Irwin : silver camp of the Ruby Mountains"; in 1981 he received a J.D. degree from the University of Denver, and practiced law. Career. In May 2012, his work "The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King--the 5-star Admirals Who Won  the War at Sea" was published by Little, Brown and Co. It won the 2013 Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature. In April, 2009 Random House Trade Paperbacks published his book on our eleventh president, James K. Polk, "Polk:The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America". He also wrote the book, "American Spring" which covers the Revolutionary War from its onset to the Battle of Bunker Hill. His latest book is "MacArthur at War: World War II in the Pacific". He has also written a number of books about mountaineering in Colorado, where he currently lives. Walter R.