Landmark Giant Books in Order
Landmark Giant contains 8 books, published between 1963 and 2012. The first book is Life in Colonial America (1963) and the newest is The Landmark History of the American People, Volume 1: From Plymouth to the West (2012). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 1963–2012
- Pages on record
- 592 in 3 of 8 books
Landmark Giant collects 8 history titles for young readers published between 1963 and 2012, with five different credited writers across the run. Robert Leckie is named on three, Daniel J. Boorstin and Ruth Frankel Boorstin on two each, and Elizabeth George Speare and Gene Gurney on one each. Subjects record juvenile literature, history, military history and the Second World War. Life in Colonial America (1963) is the earliest entry, at a median length of 199 pages.
How many Landmark Giant books are there?
Landmark Giant has 8 books, released between 1963 and 2012.
Landmark Giant Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Landmark Giant 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.
- 1Life in Colonial America1963 · confirmed 1/41963–1/4
- 2The Story of World War II1964 · confirmed 1/41964–1/4
- 3American Heroes of the 20th Century1967 · confirmed 1/41967–1/4
- 4The Landmark History of the American People, 2 Volumes1968 · confirmed 1/41968–1/4
- 5Great American Battles1968 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/419682241/4
- 6Americans to the Moon1970 · confirmed 1/41970–1/4
- 7The Story Of Football1973 · 199 pages · confirmed 1/419731991/4
- 8The Landmark History of the American People, Volume 1: From Plymouth to the West2012 · 169 pages · confirmed 1/420121691/4
Where to start with Landmark Giant
Start with Life in Colonial America (1963), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Landmark Giant book?
The Landmark History of the American People, Volume 1: From Plymouth to the West (2012) is the newest Landmark Giant book released so far.
Is there a new Landmark Giant book coming?
No next Landmark Giant book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Landmark Giant at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Landmark Giant title on record dates from 2012, 14 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Landmark Giant books have appeared about one every 7 years on average.
- Length
- 592 pages across the 3 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 199 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Landmark Giant books, 5 of 8, were published in the 1960s.
- Attribution
- Of the 8 titles, 3 are credited to Robert Leckie, 2 to Daniel J. Boorstin, 2 to Ruth Frankel Boorstin and 1 to Elizabeth George Speare. One further writer is credited. One title carries no credit.
What the Landmark Giant books are about
4 of the 8 Landmark Giant books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: juvenile literature is tagged on 4 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Juvenile literature 4 of 4 books
- History 2 of 4 books
- Aerial operations 1 of 4 books
- Battles 1 of 4 books
- Campaigns 1 of 4 books
- Causes 1 of 4 books
- Football 1 of 4 books
- Football, history 1 of 4 books
- Football, juvenile literature 1 of 4 books
- History, Military 1 of 4 books
- Military history 1 of 4 books
- Naval operations 1 of 4 books