Eric Foner is DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University, where he earned his B.A. and Ph.D. 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; The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution; and the upcoming Our Fragile Freedoms: Essays.
"Brilliant, important.... [A] superb book."
*Fred Anderson - Los Angeles Times Book Review*
"Succinct, information-packed, wonderfully readable.... An
excellent choice for serious readers."
*Pauline Maier - New York Times Book Review*
"Foner tackles the whole drama of American history. He succeeds,
with far-reaching intelligence and a genial respect for his
reader."
*Mark Greif - Boston Sunday Globe*
"A masterful book... that covers two centuries of courage,
violence, achievement, and unfulfilled dreams in the quest for
liberty."
*Herbert Mitgang - Newsday*
"A thought-provoking look at the historical uses of freedom in the
United States."
*Seattle Times*
"Powerful.... Eric Foner has held up a mirror and asked us as a
people to take a good, hard look at ourselves. It is incumbent on
us not to turn away."
*Raleigh News & Observer*
"Brilliant, important.... [A] superb book." -- Fred Anderson - Los
Angeles Times Book Review
"Succinct, information-packed, wonderfully readable.... An
excellent choice for serious readers." -- Pauline Maier - New York
Times Book Review
"Foner tackles the whole drama of American history. He succeeds,
with far-reaching intelligence and a genial respect for his
reader." -- Mark Greif - Boston Sunday Globe
"A masterful book... that covers two centuries of courage,
violence, achievement, and unfulfilled dreams in the quest for
liberty." -- Herbert Mitgang - Newsday
"A thought-provoking look at the historical uses of freedom in the
United States." -- Seattle Times
"Powerful.... Eric Foner has held up a mirror and asked us as a
people to take a good, hard look at ourselves. It is incumbent on
us not to turn away." -- Raleigh News & Observer
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