David Pietrusza

David Pietrusza
David Pietrusza
Born November 22, 1949(1949-11-22)
Amsterdam, New York, U.S.
Nationality American
Education B. A., M. A. History
Alma mater University at Albany
Occupation author, editor, lecturer, political commentator

David Pietrusza (born November 22, 1949 in Amsterdam, New York) is a noted historian and author.

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Career

David Pietrusza has produced a number of critically acclaimed works concerning 20th century American history, including a trilogy of works ("1920," "1960," and "1948") on presidential electoral history. He is also an expert on the 1920s and on the presidency of Calvin Coolidge and the career of Charles Evans Hughes.

Pietrusza is a regular panelist of FoxNews.com Live, appearing with such hosts as Kimberly Guilfoyle, Jonathan Hunt, and Patti Ann Browne. He has been a frequent guest on C-SPAN and on ESPN documentary series such as SportsCentury, You Can't Blame, and Who's Number 1? and has been interviewed on NPR, MSNBC's "Morning Joe," SIRIUS-XM, The History Channel, the Voice of America, Bloomberg Radio, the Fox News Channel, GBTV, ESPN, the Fox Sports Channel, and the MLB Network. He has produced and written the PBS-affiliate documentary, "Local Heroes."

Pietrusza collaborated with baseball legend Ted Williams on an autobiography called Ted Williams: My Life in Pictures. This book contained pictures of Williams throughout his life (many from his personal collection) and commentary on what each one depicted. Williams died shortly after the book was published.

From 1993 to 1997, Pietrusza served as president of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), and was later the editor-in-chief of the short-lived publishing company Total Sports.

Pietrusza holds both bachelor's and master's degrees in history from the University at Albany. He has served on the City Council in Amsterdam, New York and as Public Information Officer for the New York State Governor's Office of Regulatory Reform and the New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General.

Awards

His book 1960: LBJ vs JFK vs Nixon: The Epic Campaign that Forged Three Presidencies was named by ForeWord Magazine as among the best political biographies.

Pietrusza's 1920: The Year of the Six Presidents received a Kirkus starred review, was honored as a Kirkus "Best Books of 2007" title, and was named an alternate selection of the History Book Club. Historian Richard Norton Smith has listed 1920: The Year of the Six Presidents as being among the best studies of presidential campaigns.

Pietrusza's biography of Arnold Rothstein entitled Rothstein: The Life, Times & Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series was a finalist for the 2003 Edgar Award. Rothstein's audio version won an AUDIOFILE Earphones Award.

Pietrusza's Judge and Jury, his biography of baseball's first commissioner, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, received the 1998 CASEY Award and was also a Finalist for the 1998 Seymour Medal and nominated for the NASSH Book Award.

His Lights On!: The Wild Century-Long Saga of Night Baseball was a 1997 CASEY Award finalist.

Pietrusza is the Recipient of the 2011 Excellence in Arts & Letters Award of the Alumni Association of the University at Albany.

Books

Written by Pietrusza

  • 1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed America
  • 1960: LBJ vs JFK vs Nixon: The Epic Campaign that Forged Three Presidencies
  • Silent Cal's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Vermont's Calvin Coolidge
  • 1920: The Year of the Six Presidents
  • Rothstein: The Life, Times and Murder of the Criminal Genius who Fixed the 1919 World Series
  • Judge and Jury: The Life and Times of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
  • Ted Williams: My Life in Pictures (with Ted Williams) (aka Teddy Ballgame)
  • Minor Miracles: The Legend and Lure of Minor League Baseball
  • Lights On!: The Wild, Century-Long Saga of Night Baseball (Foreword by Enos Slaughter)
  • Major Leagues: The Formation, Sometimes Absorption and Mostly Inevitable Demise of 18 Professional Baseball Organizations, 1871 to Present (Foreword by Lee MacPhail)
  • Baseball's Canadian American League: A History of Its Inception, Franchises, Participants, Locales, Statistics, Demise & Legacy, 1936-1951 (Foreword by John Thorn)

Co-Edited by Pietrusza

  • Baseball: The Biographical Encyclopedia
  • Total Baseball: The Official Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball
  • The Total Baseball Catalog: Great Baseball Stuff and How to Buy It
  • The Hidden Game of Football
  • Total Super Bowl
  • Total Quarterbacks
  • Total Steelers
  • Total 49ers
  • Total Packers
  • Total Cowboys
  • Total Mets
  • Total Braves
  • Total Indians

Books for Younger Readers

  • The End of the Cold War (Lucent, 1994)
  • The Invasion of Normandy (Lucent, 1995)
  • The Battle of Waterloo (Lucent, 1996)
  • John F. Kennedy (Lucent, 1996)
  • The Cultural Revolution (Lucent, 1996)
  • Smoking (Lucent, 1996)
  • The Roaring Twenties (Lucent, 1997)
  • The New York Yankees (Enslow, 1997)
  • The Phoenix Suns (Enslow, 1997)
  • The Boston Celtics (Enslow, 1997)
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers (Enslow, 1998)
  • Baseball’s Top 10 Managers (Enslow, 1998)
  • Michael Jordan (Lucent, 1999)
  • The Baltimore Orioles (Lucent, 2000)
  • The San Francisco Giants (Enslow, 2000)
  • The St. Louis Cardinals (Enslow, 2001)
  • The Cleveland Indians (Enslow, 2001)

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