Our new 10th Mountain Division Bookshelf Library section provides a curated list of books, movies, and podcasts recommended for those seeking to deepen their understanding of the history and experiences of the soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division. The resources are organized by category for ease of reference.
Histories – 10th Mountain Division
- Bailey, Skyler (2022) “Heroes in Good Company,” Rucksack, NV, 293 pp (click to buy)
- Brooks, Thomas R. (1996) “The War North of Rome,” Sarpedon, NY, 421 pp (click to buy)
- Brower, David R. (1948), “Remount Blue, The Combat Story of the 3d Battalion, 86th Mountain Infantry,” Berkeley, CA, 118 pp (click to buy)
- Burton, Hal (1971), “The Ski Troops,” Simon & Schuster, NY, 192 pp (click to buy)
- Fisher, Ernest F., Jr. (1993), “Cassino to the Alps, The U.S. Army in World War II, The Mediterranean Theater of Operations,” Center of Military History, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., 584 pp (click to buy)
- Imbrie, John and Evans, Hugh M. (1995), “Good Times and Bad Times, a History of C Company, 85th Mountain Infantry Regiment, Tenth Mountain Division,” Vermont Heritage Press, Queechee VT, 390 pp (click to buy)
- Isserman, Maurice (2019), “The Winter Army,” Mariner Books, MA, 336 pp (click to buy)
- Jenkins, McKay (2003), “The Last Ridge,” Random House, NY, 294 pp (click to buy)
- LaParr, Aldea (2025), “Tribute to our 10th Mountain Division Heros” (click to buy)
- Nance, Colonel Curtis H. (Editor), (1945), “19 Days, the Final Campaign Across Northwest Italy,” The Battery Press, TN, 119 pp (click to buy)
- Shelton, Peter (2003), “Climb to Conquer,” Scribner, NY, 275 pp (click to buy)
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (2011) “Battle for the Aleutians,” 36 unnumbered pages with illustrations (click to buy)
- Whitlock, Flint (2023), “10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale,” Arcadia Publishing, 126 pp (click to buy)
- Witte, David (2015), “World War II at Camp Hale,” The History Press, 256 pp (click to buy)
Histories – 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry)
- Chapman, Dennis P. (2023), “The 10th Mountain Division: A History from World War II to 2005,” Schiffer Military History, 320 pp (click to buy)
- Pushies, Fred (2009), “10th Mountain Division (Military Power),” Zenith Press, 128 pp (click to buy)
- Sasser, Charles W. (2009), “None Left Behind: The 10th Mountain Division and the Triangle of Death,” St. Martin’s Press, 320 pp (click to buy)
Personal Stories/Memoirs
- Daneman, Marty (2012) “Do Well or Die,” Cable Publishing, WI, 175 pp (click to buy)
- Dole, Bob (2005) “One Soldier’s Story,” Harper Collins, NY, 287 pp (click to buy)
- Donaldson-Evans, Mary (2021) “Behind the Lines,” Austin Macauley Publishers, London, 187 pp (click to buy)
- Dusenbery, Harris (1998), “The North Apennines and Beyond With the 10th Mountain Division”, Binford & Mort Publishing Co., 255 pp (click to buy)
- Ellis, Robert B. (1996) “See Naples and Die,” McFarland &Company, Inc., NC, 255 pp (click to buy)
- Feuer, A.B. (2006) “Packs On!,” Stackpole Books, PA, 154 pp (click to buy)
- Howard, Walter E. (2003), “Saved by Bed Bugs,” 297 pp (click to buy)
- Hoople, David T. (2020), “Up Here…: A 10th Mountain Soldier’s Letters Home” 242 pp (click to buy)
- Jackson, J.A (2019), “From Mail to Mountain,” DiggyPOD, Inc., MI, 270 pp (click to buy)
- Kohlman, Oley (1985) “Uphill with the Ski Troops,” Pioneer Printing and Stationery, WY, 135 pp (click to buy)
- Meinke Jr., Albert H. (1993) “Mountain Troops and Medics,” Rucksack Publishing Company, MI, 372 pp (click to buy)
- Sanders, Charles J. (2005) “The Boys of Winter,” University Press of Colorado, CO, 256 pp (click to buy)
- Tapley, Ernest L. “Tap” (2016), “Breaking Trail”, Lulu press, Durham, NC, 217 pp (click to buy from his website)
- Whitlock, Flint (1992), “Soldiers on Skis: A Pictorial Memoir of the 10th Mountain Division” (click to buy)
- Williams, Sydney M. (2019) “Dear Mary,” Bauhan Publishing LLC, NH, 255 pp (click to buy)
For Children/Young Adults
- Borden, Louise (2018), “Ski Soldier: A World War II Biography,” Calkins Creek, 176 pp (click to buy)
Uniforms & Equipment
- Blythe, Lance R. (2024), “Ski, Climb, Fight: The 10th Mountain Division and the Rise of Mountain Warfare (Campaigns and Commanders Series),” University of Oklahoma Press, 241 pp (click to buy)
- Rottman, Gordon L. (2012), “US 10th Mountain Division in World War II,” Osprey Publishing, 48 pp (click to buy)
Fiction
- MacDonald, Anne (2025), “The MacDonalds of Cedar Park,” Skye Lewis Books, 372 pp (click to buy)
- Sullivan, Mark (2017), “Beneath a Scarlet Sky“, Lake Union Publishing, 525 pp (click to buy)
- Tualla, Kris with Duhs, Thomas (2017) “Sempre Avanti: Always Forward,” CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, CA, 370 pp (click to buy)
- Tualla, Kris with Duhs, Thomas (2018) “Ice and Granite: The Snow Soldiers of Riva Ridge,” CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, CA, 302 pp (click to buy)
- Tualla, Kris with Duhs, Thomas (2019) “Viking Spy: The 99th Battalion and the OSS,” CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, CA, 282 pp (click to buy)
- Tualla, Kris, boxed set: “Sempre Avanti, Ice & Granite, Viking Spy” (All 3 full-length novels are now available in this Boxed Set for a reduced price) (click to buy)
Movies/Documentaries
- “90 Pounds of Rucksack”, podcast by Christian Beckwith (click to link)
- “Black Hawk Down” (2001), Directed by Ridley Scott (click to buy)
- “Fire on the Mountain” (2003), Directed by Beth Gage (click to buy)
- “The High Ground: The Legacy of the 10th Mountain Division” (2025), Directed by Chris Carey (click to buy)
- “The Last Ridge” (2007), Directed by Abbie Kealy (click to buy)
The following are currently available only through special screenings. Watch for screenings coming your area.
- “Mountainmen” (2023), Directed by Luciano LaValle
- “The Lost Mountaineers” (2024) Directed by Ben Appleby and Antonella Previdi
- “Mission Mt. Mangart” (2021) Directed by Chris Anthony
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