Donald Barr Chidsey (May 14, 1902 – March 17, 1981) was an American writer, biographer, historian, novelist and writer of adventure fiction.
Donald Barr Chidsey was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on May 14, 1902. He worked at the Elizabeth Daily Journal, and traveled widely in his youth.
He ultimately wrote more than 50 books. Alden Whitman called him "an old hand at light writing." According to Kirkus Reviews, Chidsey "is known for his popular American histories, and has a nose for a good story."
He lived at Lyme, Connecticut for many years. Along with artist W. Langdon Kihn, he was a Democratic candidate for the Connecticut House of Representatives from the town of Lyme, in the November 2, 1948 election.
He died on March 17, 1981, in Lawrence Memorial Hospital at New London, Connecticut.
Sir Walter Raleigh, That Damned Upstart
Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Elizabeth's Racketeer
Marlborough, The Portrait of a Conqueror
John The Great (boxing champion John L. Sullivan)
Bonnie Prince Charlie
The World of Samuel Adams
Andrew Jackson, Hero
Elizabeth I: A Great Life in Brief
The Gentleman from New York: A Life of Roscoe Conkling
The American Privateers
And Tyler Too
The Battle of New Orleans
The Birth of the Constitution
The California Gold Rush
The Day They Sank the Lusitania
The French and Indian War: an informal history
Goodbye to Gunpowder: An Informal History
The Great Conspiracy: Aaron Burr and his strange doings in the West
The Great Separation
July 4, 1776: The dramatic story of the first four days of July 1776
Lewis and Clark: The Great Adventure
The Louisiana Purchase: the story of the biggest real estate deal in history
The Loyalists: the story of those Americans who fought against independence
Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Jefferson
On and Off the Wagon
The Panama Canal
Shackleton's Voyage
The Siege of Boston: an on-the-scene account of the beginning of the American Revolution
The Spanish–American War: a behind-the-scenes account of the war in Cuba
The Tide Turns
Valley Forge
Victory at Yorktown
The War in the North: an informal history of the American Revolution in and near Canada
The War in the South: an informal history of the Carolinas and Georgia in the American Revolution
The War with Mexico
The Wars in Barbary: Arab piracy and the birth of the United States Navy
Captain Adam
Captain Bashful
Captain Crossbones
Each One Was Alone
Edge of Piracy
Fancy Man
His Majesty's Highwayman
The Legion of the Lost
Lord of the Isles
The Naked Sword
Panama Passage
The Pipes Are Calling
Pistols in the Morning
Reluctant Cavalier
Rod Rides High
Singapore Passage
Stronghold
This Bright Sword
Weeping is for Women
The Wickedest Pilgrim
