Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Littafin farko na Cole, "The Whig Party in the South", ya lashe kyautar Justin Winsor na Ƙungiyar Tarihi ta Amirka a 1912. Jawabin Cole game da Gidan Gidan Gida na Lincoln
Jami'ar Chicago ta buga shi a 1923. Littafinsa na uku, mai taken "Irrepressible Conflict, 1850‐65", ya kasance tarihin zamantakewa, tattalin arziki, da al'adu na Yaƙin Basasa kuma Macmillan Publishers ne ya buga shi a 1934.