Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index David Lavender (February 4,1910-April 26,2003) was a well-known historian of the Western United States. Born in Telluride, Colorado, Lavender spent most of his life in Ojai, California. Partial list of notable books: One Man's West ISBN 0803258550 (memoir, written in 1943) Westward Vision: The Story of the Oregon Trail ISBN 0803279159 The Great Persuader ISBN 0870814761 (biography about Collis Huntington). In 2002, Stephen Ambrose was accused of plagiarizing from The Great Persuader. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.