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Eric Foner

Eric Foner is DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University. In his teaching and scholarship, he focuses on the Civil War and Reconstruction, slavery, and nineteenth-century America. He has served as president of the Organization of American Historians and the American Historical Association. In 2006, he received the Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching from Columbia University. His most recent books are The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery, winner of the Bancroft and Lincoln Prizes and the Pulitzer Prize for History; Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad, winner of the New York Historical Society Book Prize; and The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution.

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

Give Me Liberty!
Eric Foner, Kathleen DuVal, Lisa McGirr
Seagull Seventh Edition, Volume 1, Paperback, 2023
The #1 U.S. history text with inclusive new coverage and improved support for student readers
Give Me Liberty!
Eric Foner, Kathleen DuVal, Lisa McGirr
Seagull Seventh Edition, Volume 1, E Book, 2022
The #1 U.S. history text with inclusive new coverage and improved support for student readers
Give Me Liberty!
Eric Foner, Kathleen DuVal, Lisa McGirr
Seagull Seventh Edition, Volume 2, Paperback, 2023
The #1 U.S. history text with inclusive new coverage and improved support for student readers
Give Me Liberty!
Eric Foner, Kathleen DuVal, Lisa McGirr
Seventh Full Edition, Combined Volume, E Book, 2022
The #1 U.S. history text with inclusive new coverage and improved support for student readers
Give Me Liberty!
Eric Foner, Kathleen DuVal, Lisa McGirr
Seventh Full Edition, Volume 1, E Book, 2022
The #1 U.S. history text with inclusive new coverage and improved support for student readers
Give Me Liberty!
Eric Foner, Kathleen DuVal, Lisa McGirr
Seventh Full Edition, Volume 2, E Book, 2022
The #1 U.S. history text with inclusive new coverage and improved support for student readers
Give Me Liberty!
Eric Foner, Kathleen DuVal, Lisa McGirr
Seagull Seventh Edition, Combined Volume, E Book, 2022
The #1 U.S. history text with inclusive new coverage and improved support for student readers
Give Me Liberty!
Eric Foner, Kathleen DuVal, Lisa McGirr
Seagull Seventh Edition, Volume 1, E Book, 2022
The #1 U.S. history text with inclusive new coverage and improved support for student readers
Give Me Liberty!
Eric Foner, Kathleen DuVal, Lisa McGirr
Seagull Seventh Edition, Volume 2, E Book, 2022
The #1 U.S. history text with inclusive new coverage and improved support for student readers
Give Me Liberty!: An American History
Eric Foner
Brief Sixth High School Edition, One Volume, Paperback, 2020
The most successful U.S. History textbook, available in a brief edition