Edmund S. Morgan (1916–2013) was the Sterling Professor Emeritus at Yale University and the recipient of the National Humanities Medal, the Pulitzer Prize, and the American Academy’s Gold Medal. The author of The Genuine Article; American Slavery, American Freedom; Benjamin Franklin; and American Heroes, among many others.
"The book is vintage Morgan, and it showcases the trademark range
and depth for which he is celebrated. From the Salem witch trials
to the Constitution, Morgan shines whatever the century or
topic....As so many times before, Morgan proves himself one of our
deftest thinkers about race—what he once called 'the American
paradox, the marriage of slavery and freedom.' But then, Morgan has
always found himself ahead of his time."
*Kirk Davis Swinehart - Chicago Tribune*
"Whether in gentle praise or cutting criticism, Morgan’s utter
immersion in the world of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
is so palpable as to be a gift to those who experience it through
him....you owe it to yourself to read American Heroes and remember
the pure pleasure great history by a consummate artist
affords."
*Jim Cullen - History News Network*
"Starred Review. This uniformly strong collection boasts an
insightful, even startling, observation—'Government requires
make-believe'—on nearly every page. If the concluding
appreciation of Harvard’s famed historian Perry Miller seems out of
place, Morgan may be forgiven for honoring a man who, like Morgan
himself, has left us with the 'record of a mind' that has thought
deeply and creatively about our history. Outstanding."
*Kirkus Reviews*
"This book is a perfect gem....Both specialists and general readers
will find this book both authoritative and fun to read. Highly
recommended."
*Library Journal*
"Starred Review. Intelligent, opinionated essays on American
between 1600 to 1800....all are up to the standards of this wise,
venerable (now 93) and deeply thoughtful historian."
*Publishers Weekly*
"These essays are like a tour of what history at its best can be:
portraiture, social commentary, moral inquiry, weather vane for our
sense of where we have been and where we are headed. There is
something here for everyone with even a passing interest in a past
that remains, somehow, present."
*David Waldstreicher - The Philadelphia Inquirer*
"About [Harvard's Perry] Miller, an authority on early America, Mr.
Morgan writes that his 'distinction lay in an extraordinary ability
to discover order where others saw chaos, and to express his
deepest insights without uttering them, by tracing unsuspected
patterns in the raw materials of the past.' The same might be said
about Mr. Morgan, whose virtues as a historian are testified to in
this wise, humane and beautifully written book."
*Bret Stephens - Wall Street Journal*
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