From the best-selling author of Benjamin Franklin comes this remarkable work that will help redefine our notion of American heroism. Americans have long been obsessed with their heroes, but the men and women dramatically portrayed here are not celebrated for the typical banal reasons contained in Founding Fathers hagiography. Effortlessly challenging those who persist in revering the American history status quo and its tropes and falsehoods, Morgan, now ninety-three, continues to believe that the past is just not the way it seems.

About the Author
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.

Reviews
"Further evidence of the depth and breadth of [Morgan's] research, the nimbleness of his mind, and his willingness to dissent from received wisdom." -- Jonathan Yardley - Washington Post
"There is something here for everyone with even a passing interest in a past that remains, somehow, present." -- David Waldstreicher - Philadelphia Inquirer
"Morgan shines whatever the century or topic." -- Kirk Davis Swinehart - Chicago Tribune



Book Information
ISBN 9780393304541
Author Edmund S. Morgan
Format Paperback
Page Count 298
Imprint WW Norton & Co
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 307g
Dimensions(mm) 208mm * 140mm * 20mm