American Heroes: Profiles of Men and Women Who Shaped Early America - Hardcover

Morgan, Edmund S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393070107 ISBN 13: 9780393070101

Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 2009

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Book by Morgan Edmund S

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"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 "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 "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 "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. 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 "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 "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

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Edmund S. Morgan's heroes are not celebrated for typical reasons. He re-examines the lives of those such as George Washington or Benjamin Franklin, re-evaluates the legacies of figures like Anne Hutchinson but also plucks from obscurity Mary Easty and Giles Cory. Challenging those who revere the status quo, Morgan believes that the past is not the way it seems.

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• Verlag: WW Norton & Co
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0393070107
• ISBN 13: 9780393070101
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304