[2] Dworkin was a noted historian, researcher and editor, and considered an expert on Central and South American ancient cultures.
In 1990, he wrote Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas: Mysteries of ancient civilizations of Central and South America,[3] a popular textbook, still in use in many schools.
His newspaper reporter background enabled him with research skills that most Western writers were lacking, and his publications were marketed as true histories.
Dworkin sought to establish that Burns wasn’t just writing potboilers, but was an early practitioner of creative non-fiction.
[8] American Mythmaker brought Mark J. Dworkin a 2012 Spur Award finalist nomination for best Western short nonfiction, though it was after his death.