Edmund S. Morgan
Edmund S. Morgan
Awards
Winner — Bancroft Prize, 1989
Books by Edmund S. Morgan
American Heroes: Profiles of Men and Women Who Shaped Early America
Hardback, 2009
These revelatory stories of American heroes and their undaunted courage will forever alter our understanding of American history.
American Heroes: Profiles of Men and Women Who Shaped Early America
Paperback, 2010
"A wise, humane and beautifully written book." —Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal
The Genius of George Washington
Paperback, 1983
More than any other single man, George Washington was responsible for bringing success to the American Revolution. But because of the heroic image in which we have cast him and which already...
The Challenge of the American Revolution
Paperback, 1978
The Gentle Puritan: A Life of Ezra Stiles, 1727-1795
Paperback, 1984
“Through this great scholarly effort of Yale’s Professor Morgan, we now have a unique access to the culture and intellectual life of 18th-century America. We also have for the first time a full...
Roger Williams: The Church and the State
Paperback, 1987
An illuminating portrait of the nation's earliest—and most passionate—advocate for the total separation of church and state.
Inventing the People: The Rise of Popular Sovereignty in England and America
Paperback, 1990
"The best explanation that I have seen for our distinctive combination of faith, hope and naiveté concerning the governmental process." —Michael Kamman, Washington Post
American Slavery, American Freedom
Paperback, 2003
"Thoughtful, suggestive and highly readable."—New York Times Book Review
The Genuine Article: A Historian Looks at Early America
Paperback, 2013
"A masterly quarter-century of commentary on the discipline of American history."—Allen D. Boyer, New York Times Book Review
Prologue to Revolution
Paperback, 1972