Bill Yenne is the author of over three dozen books on a variety of historical topics, and he was a contributor to encyclopedias of both world wars. He grew up in Montana's Glacier National Park, where his father, William J. Yenne was the supervisor of roads and backcountry trails. Bill spent summers in the remote wilderness and winters as a voracious reader and history buff.
He is the result of what happens when a child reads too many books and doesn't watch enough television. He ends up with an imagination. Growing up in Montana also gave him a first hand connection with the world of the Plains Indians, which he captures in Sitting Bull, and his other works on the West.
Of Sitting Bull, The New Yorker wrote that it "excels as a study in leadership." Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal called his Indian Wars: The Campaign for the American West "splendid" and went on to say that it "has the rare quality of being both an excellent reference work and a pleasure to read."
Bill Yenne appeared on camera in a National Geographic Channel program on Sitting Bull and served as a consultant for the History Channel's Command Decision program covering the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
His other recent books have ranged from a history of the Guinness brewery, to a look at the Lewis and Clark Expedition that took him on the entire trail. General Wesley Clark, US Army (Ret.), former Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, called Mr. Yenne's recent biography of Alexander the Great, the "best yet."
Bill Yenne graduated from the University of Montana and the Stanford University Professional Publishing Course.
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