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Eric Foner
Eric Foner
Awards
Shortlisted — Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science, 2016
Winner — Bancroft Prize, 2011
Winner — New York Times Notable Selection, 2012
Winner — Lincoln Prize, 2011
Winner — Pulitzer Prize, 2011
Longlisted — Cundill History Prize, 2020
Books by Eric Foner
The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
Paperback, 2012
“A masterwork [by] the preeminent historian of the Civil War era.”—Boston Globe
The Story of American Freedom
Paperback, 1999
A stirring history of America focused on its animating impulse: freedom.
Our Lincoln: New Perspectives on Lincoln and His World
Paperback, 2010
"Exhilarating . . . strikes a balance between the personal and the abstract."—Edward Rothstein, New York Times
Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad
Hardback, 2015
The dramatic story of fugitive slaves and the antislavery activists who defied the law to help them reach freedom.
Give Me Liberty!: An American History
Full Sixth Edition, 1, Paperback, 2020
The leading U.S. history textbook, with a new focus on “Who is an American?”
Give Me Liberty!: An American History
Full Sixth Edition, 2, Paperback, 2020
The leading U.S. history textbook, with a new focus on “Who is an American?”
The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
Paperback, 2020
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, an authoritative story of the constitutional changes that built equality into America’s foundation.
Give Me Liberty!: An American History
Full Sixth Edition, Combined Volume, Paperback, 2020
The leading U.S. history textbook, with a new focus on “Who is an American?”
The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
E Book, 2011
“A masterwork [by] the preeminent historian of the Civil War era.”—Boston Globe
Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad
E Book, 2015
The dramatic story of fugitive slaves and the antislavery activists who defied the law to help them reach freedom.