Gregory A. Freeman Books in Order
Gregory A. Freeman has written 8 books, published between 1999 and 2013. The first book is Lay This Body Down: The 1921 Murders of Eleven Plantation Slaves (1999) and the newest is The Gathering Wind: Hurricane Sandy, the Sailing Ship Bounty, and a Courageous Rescue at Sea (2013). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 1999–2013
- Pages on record
- 313 in 1 of 8 books
Gregory A. Freeman writes non-fiction about American military history, disaster and rescue. Eight books are catalogued between 1999 and 2013, opening with Lay This Body Down: The 1921 Murders of Eleven Plantation Slaves and closing with The Gathering Wind, on Hurricane Sandy and the sailing ship Bounty. Operation Halyard, the 1944 rescue of American airmen, is a recorded subject and names the 2011 title Red Tails. Fixing Hell (2008) turns to an Army psychologist at Abu Ghraib.
How many Gregory A. Freeman books are there?
Gregory A. Freeman has 8 books, released between 1999 and 2013.
Gregory A. Freeman Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Gregory A. Freeman books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Lay This Body Down: The 1921 Murders of Eleven Plantation Slaves1999 · confirmed 1/41999–1/4
- 2Sailors to the End: The Deadly Fire on the USS Forrestal and the Heroes Who Fought It2002 · confirmed 1/42002–1/4
- 3The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All For the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II2007 · 313 pages · confirmed 1/420073131/4
- 4Fixing Hell: An Army Psychologist Confronts Abu Ghraib2008 · confirmed 1/42008–1/4
- 5Troubled Water: Race, Mutiny, and Bravery on the USS Kitty Hawk2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 6The Last Mission of the Wham Bam Boys: Courage, Tragedy, and Justice in World War II2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 7Red Tails: The Tuskegee Airmen and Operation Halyard: An All-New Update for the Forgotten 5002011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 8The Gathering Wind: Hurricane Sandy, the Sailing Ship Bounty, and a Courageous Rescue at Sea2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
Gregory A. Freeman books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Standalone books
8 books8 Gregory A. Freeman titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Gregory A. Freeman books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 8 Gregory A. Freeman books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Gregory A. Freeman
Start with Lay This Body Down: The 1921 Murders of Eleven Plantation Slaves (1999), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Gregory A. Freeman book?
The Gathering Wind: Hurricane Sandy, the Sailing Ship Bounty, and a Courageous Rescue at Sea (2013) is the newest Gregory A. Freeman book released so far.
Is there a new Gregory A. Freeman book coming?
No next Gregory A. Freeman book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Gregory A. Freeman at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Gregory A. Freeman title on record dates from 2013, 13 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Gregory A. Freeman books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 313 pages across the 1 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 313 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Gregory A. Freeman books, 4 of 8, were published in the 2000s.
What the Gregory A. Freeman books are about
1 of the 8 Gregory A. Freeman books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Airmen 1 of 1 books
- American Aerial operations 1 of 1 books
- Escapes 1 of 1 books
- History 1 of 1 books
- Nonfiction 1 of 1 books
- Operation Halyard, 1944 1 of 1 books
- Search and rescue operations 1 of 1 books
- World War, 1939-1945 1 of 1 books