Robert Leckie est né à Philadelphie, en Pennsylvanie, le 18 décembre 1920 et a grandi à Rutherford, dans le New Jersey, en tant que membre d'une famille irlandaise catholique de huit enfants. La carrière d'écrivain de Leckie a commencé au lycée lorsqu'il est devenu pigiste sportif pour "The Bergen Evening Record" à Hackensack, dans le New Jersey, à l'âge de seize ans.
En janvier 1942, Leckie s'engage dans le Corps des Marines des États-Unis et a servi au combat dans le théâtre pacifique pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Il était éclaireur et mitrailleur dans la compagnie H, 2e bataillon 1er régiment de Marines de la 1ère division de Marines (États-Unis). Leckie a vu l'action dans des batailles importantes telles que Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, et Peleliu, où il a subi un choc concussionnel. Il a été renvoyé honorablement en mars 1945 après son retour aux États-Unis.
Après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Leckie est devenu reporter pour l'Associated Press, le "Buffalo Courier-Express", le "New York Journal American", le "New York Daily News" et "The Star-Ledger." Il a épousé Vera Keller, une voisine d'enfance, et ils ont eu trois enfants : David, Geoff et Joan. En 1951, Leckie a décidé d'écrire un mémoire après avoir été inspiré par la comédie musicale Broadway "South Pacific", se sentant obligé de raconter l'histoire vraie de la guerre. Son premier livre, "Helmet for My Pillow", a été publié en 1957 et est devenu un best-seller. Leckie a écrit plus de 40 livres sur l'histoire de la guerre américaine, couvrant les conflits de la guerre française et indienne (1754-1763) à l'Opération Tempête du désert (1991). Robert Leckie est décédé le 24 décembre 2001 après une longue bataille contre la maladie d'Alzheimer.
Americans At War Books
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The Bloodborn
1981
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Forged in Blood
1982
Romans indépendants
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The March To Glory
1960
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Blood of Seventeen
1983
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Blood of The Seventeen Fires
1983
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The General
1991
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Danger at Mormon Crossing
2019
Landmark Giant Books
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Life in Colonial America ( By: Elizabeth George Speare)
1963
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Life in Colonial America
1963
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The Story of World War II
1964
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Life in the Middle Ages
1966
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American Heroes of the 20th Century ( By: Harold Faber)
1967
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The Landmark History of the American People, 2 Volumes (By: Daniel J. Boorstin, Ruth Frankel Boorstin)
1968
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American Heroes of the 20th Century
1967
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Great American Battles
1968
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The Landmark History of the American People, 2 Volumes
1968
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Americans to the Moon (By: Gene Gurney)
1970
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Americans to the Moon
1970
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The Story Of Football
1973
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The Landmark History of the American People, Volume 1: From Plymouth to the West (By: Daniel J. Boorstin, Ruth Frankel Boorstin)
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The Landmark History of the American People, Volume 1: From Plymouth to the West
2012
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Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
1957
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Strong Men Armed: The United States Marines Against Japan
1961
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Conflict: The History Of The Korean War, 1950-1953
1962
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Challenge for the Pacific: Guadalcanal: The Turning Point of the War
1966
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Warfare
1970
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The World Turned Upside Down: The Story of the American Revolution
1972
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The war Nobody Won, 1812
1974
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The Wars Of America
1981
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Delivered from Evil: The Saga of World War II
1987
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None Died in Vain: The Saga of the American Civil War
1990
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George Washington's War: The Saga of the American Revolution
1992
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From Sea to Shining Sea: From the War of 1812 to the Mexican War; The Saga of America's Expansion
1993
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Okinawa: The Last Battle of World War II
1995
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A Few Acres Of Snow: The Saga Of The French And Indian Wars
1999
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The World War II Reader
2001
Sandy Steele Adventures Books (as Roger Barlow)
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Danger at Mormon Crossing
1959
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Black Treasure
1963
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Stormy Voyage
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Fire at Red Lake
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Secret Mission to Alaska
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Troubled Waters
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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (By: Ted W. Lawson, Peter B. Mersky)
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The Voyages of Christopher Columbus (By: Armstrong Sperry)
1950
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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1943
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The Landing of the Pilgrims (By: James Daugherty)
1950
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Our Independence and the Constitution (By: Dorothy Canfield Fisher)
1950
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The Voyages of Christopher Columbus
1950
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The Landing of the Pilgrims
1950
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Paul Revere and the Minute Men (By: Dorothy Canfield Fisher)
1950
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The Monitor and the Merrimac and Other Naval Battles (By: Fletcher Pratt)
1951
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Our Independence and the Constitution
1950
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Paul Revere and the Minute Men
1950
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The Pirate Lafitte and the Battle of New Orleans ( By: Robert Tallant)
1951
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Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia (By: Margaret Cousins)
1952
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The Pirate Lafitte and the Battle of New Orleans
1951
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Trappers and Traders of the Far West (By: James Daugherty)
1952
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Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia
1952
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Clipper Ship Days (By: John Edward Jennings)
1952
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Trappers and Traders of the Far West
1952
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The Louisiana Purchase ( By: Robert Tallant)
1952
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John Paul Jones, Fighting Sailor (By: Armstrong Sperry)
1953
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The Louisiana Purchase
1952
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Clara Barton (By: Helen Boylston)
1955
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John Paul Jones, Fighting Sailor
1953
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Clara Barton
1955
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Davy Crockett (By: Stewart Hall Holbrook)
1955
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Davy Crockett
1955
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The Story of D-Day (By: Bruce Bliven Jr.)
1956
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Abe Lincoln: Log Cabin to White House (By: Sterling North)
1956
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The Story of D-Day
1956
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Abe Lincoln: Log Cabin to White House
1956
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Wyatt Earp: U.S. Marshal (By: Stewart Hall Holbrook)
1956
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Evangeline and The Acadians ( By: Robert Tallant)
1957
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Wyatt Earp: U.S. Marshal
1956
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Remember the Alamo! ( By: Robert Penn Warren)
1958
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Evangeline and The Acadians
1957
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Andrew Carnegie and the Age of Steel (By: Katherine Binney Shippen)
1958
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Remember the Alamo!
1958
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Andrew Carnegie and the Age of Steel
1958
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The American Revolution (By: Bruce Bliven Jr.)
1958
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The American Revolution
1958
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The Battle for the Atlantic (By: Jay Williams)
1959
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The Golden Age of Railroads (By: Stewart Hall Holbrook)
1960
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The Battle for the Atlantic
1959
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The Golden Age of Railroads
1960
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From Pearl Harbor to Okinawa: The War in the Pacific: 1941-1945 (By: Bruce Bliven Jr.)
1960
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William Penn: Quaker Hero (By: Hildegarde Dolson)
1961
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From Pearl Harbor to Okinawa: The War in the Pacific: 1941-1945
1960
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Americans into Orbit: The Story of Project Mercury (By: Gene Gurney)
1962
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William Penn: Quaker Hero
1961
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Mr. Bell Invents the Telephone (By: Katherine Binney Shippen)
1963
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Americans into Orbit: The Story of Project Mercury
1962
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The Story of Thomas Alva Edison (By: Margaret Cousins)
1965
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Mr. Bell Invents the Telephone
1963
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From Casablanca To Berlin- The War in North Africa and Europe: 1942-1945 (By: Bruce Bliven Jr.)
1965
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From Casablanca To Berlin- The War in North Africa and Europe: 1942-1945
1965
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Walk in Space: The Story of Project Gemini
1967
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Walk in Space: The Story of Project Gemini (By: Gene Gurney)
1967
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The Copper Kings of Montana (By: Marian T. Place)
1967
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George Washington: Frontier Colonel
2006
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Battle for Iwo Jima
1967
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The Swamp Fox of the Revolution
2008
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The Mysterious Voyage of Captain Kidd (By: A.B.C. Whipple)
1970
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George Washington: Frontier Colonel (By: Sterling North)
2006
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The Swamp Fox of the Revolution (By: Stewart Hall Holbrook)