American Heroes: Profiles of Men and Women Who Shaped Early America

From the best-selling author of Benjamin Franklin comes this remarkable work that will help redefine our notion of American heroism. Americans have long been obsessed with their heroes, but the men and women dramatically portrayed here are not celebrated for the typical banal reasons contained in Founding Fathers hagiography. Effortlessly challenging those who persist in revering the American history status quo and its tropes and falsehoods, Morgan, now ninety-three, continues to believe that the past is just not the way it seems.

Author: Edmund S. Morgan
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 05/10/2010
Pages: 298
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 8.22h x 6.32w x 0.73d
ISBN: 9780393304541

About the Author
Morgan, Edmund S.: - Edmund S. Morgan (1916-2013) was the Sterling Professor Emeritus at Yale University and the recipient of the National Humanities Medal, the Pulitzer Prize, and the American Academy's Gold Medal. The author of The Genuine Article; American Slavery, American Freedom; Benjamin Franklin; and American Heroes, among many others.