Books
- Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream (1977)
- The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga (1987)
- No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The American Homefront During World War II (1995) ISBN 978-0671642402
- Wait Till Next Year: A Memoir (1997)
- Every Four Years: Presidential Campaign Coverage (2000) ISBN 0-9655091-7-6
- Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (2005) ISBN 0-684-82490-6
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