Francis Russell (January 12, 1910 in Boston, Massachusetts - March 20, 1989 in Falmouth, Massachusetts) was an American author specializing in American history and historical figures. Russell is best known for his book on Warren G. Harding, The Shadow of Blooming Grove. He graduated from Bowdoin College, where his papers are kept.
Works
- Tragedy In Dedham : The Story Of The Sacco-Vanzetti Case (1962) (Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime book, 1963)
- Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill (with the Editors of American Heritage) (1963)
- The Great Interlude (1964)
- The Shadow of Blooming Grove (published in the UK as President Harding: His Life and Times 1866-1923) (1968)
- The Horizon Concise History of Germany (1973)
- Adams: An American Dynasty (1976)
- A City in Terror: 1919, the Boston Police Strike (1975)
