The following list focuses on works written for readers of middle school or high school age. Books aimed at adult readers have been included when they are especially important in providing information or analysis that would otherwise be unavailable.

Books

Abels, Jules. In the Time of Silent Cal. New York: Putnam, 1989.

Allsop, Kenneth. The Bootleggers: The Story of Chicago's Prohibition Era. New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1968.

Bacho, Peter. Boxing in Black and White. New York: Henry Holt, 1999.

Bachrach, Deborah. The Importance of Margaret Sanger. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books, 1993.

Bains, Rae. Babe Ruth. Mahwah, NJ: Troll Associates, 1985.

Bateson, Mary Catherine. With a Daughter's Eye: A Memoir of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson. New York: William Morrow, 1984.

Bergreen, Laurence. Capone: The Man and the Era. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.

Bergreen, Laurence. Louis Armstrong: An Extravagant Life. New York: Broadway Books, 1997.

Berg, Scott. Lindbergh...