Gingrich, Newt
Entry updated 30 October 2023. Tagged: Author.
Working name of US history professor, politician and author Newton Leroy Gingrich (1943- ), Speaker of the House of Representatives 1995-1999, contender in the run-ups to the American presidential election fo 2012, of interest here for his collaborations with William R Forstchen, beginning with 1945 (1995), a Hitler Wins tale in which Germany confronts America after its 1945 victory in Europe; and continuing with the Gettysburg trilogy comprising Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War (2003), Grant Comes East (2004) and Never Call Retreat (2005), which present an Alternate History of the Civil War extrapolating – as does Ward Moore's seminal Bring the Jubilee (November 1952 F&SF; exp 1953) – from General Robert E Lee's victory at the Battle of Gettysburg. Forstchen alone is a genre writer of shining efficiency; these titles give every sense of being full collaborations. [JC]
Newton Leroy Gingrich
born Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: 17 June 1943
works
series
Gettysburg
- Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War (New York: St Martin's Press, 2003) with William R Forstchen [Gettysburg: hb/Don Troiani]
- Grant Comes East (New York: St Martin's Press, 2004) with William R Forstchen [Gettysburg: hb/Don Troiani]
- Never Call Retreat: Lee and Grant, the Final Victory (New York: St Martin's Press, 2005) with William R Forstchen [Gettysburg: hb/Don Troiani]
Pacific War
- Pearl Harbor: A Novel of December 8th (New York: St Martin's Press, 2007) with William R Forstchen [Pacific War: hb/Shasto O'Leary Soudant]
- Days of Infamy (New York: St Martin's Press, 2008) with William R Forstchen [Pacific War: hb/Shasto O'Leary Soudant]
individual titles
- 1945 (New York: Baen Books, 1995) with William R Forstchen [hb/Gary Ruddell]
- To Try Men's Souls (New York: St Martin's Press/Thomas Dunne Books, 2009) with William R Forstchen [hb/Emanuel Leutze]
nonfiction
- Window of Opportunity: A Blueprint for the Future (New York: Baen/Tor, 1984) with David Drake and Marianne Gingrich [nonfiction: hb/]
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