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Eric Foner

Eric Foner's indelible works include the landmark history, Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution; a bestselling study of Lincoln and slavery, The Fiery Trial, winner of the Pulitzer, Bancroft, and Lincoln Prizes; and an influential history of the Reconstruction amendments, The Second Founding. The DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University, Foner continues to write frequently for The Nation and other publications.

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
Eric Foner
Paperback, 2012
“A masterwork [by] the preeminent historian of the Civil War era.”—Boston Globe
The Story of American Freedom
Eric Foner
Paperback, 1999
A stirring history of America focused on its animating impulse: freedom.
Our Lincoln: New Perspectives on Lincoln and His World
Eric Foner
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
Eric Foner
Hardback, 2015
The dramatic story of fugitive slaves and the antislavery activists who defied the law to help them reach freedom.
The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
Eric Foner
Paperback, 2020
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, an authoritative story of the constitutional changes that built equality into America’s foundation.
The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
Eric Foner
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
Eric Foner
E Book, 2015
The dramatic story of fugitive slaves and the antislavery activists who defied the law to help them reach freedom.
The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
Eric Foner
E Book, 2019
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
Eric Foner
Full Sixth Edition, Combined Volume, E Book, 2020
The leading U.S. history textbook, with a new focus on “Who is an American?”
Give Me Liberty!: An American History
Eric Foner
Full Sixth Edition, 1, E Book, 2020
The leading U.S. history textbook, with a new focus on “Who is an American?”