(Bowker Author Biography) Henry Steele Commager was a well-known American historian who taught at New York University, Columbia, and Amherst. He was also a documentarian, who has said to consider Documents of American History (1934), the 1988 edition of which he coedited with Milton Cantor, to be his most significant contribution. Many of his books reflect his keen interest in constitutional history and civil liberties. His writings range widely over such topics as education, the Civil War, civil liberties, the Enlightenment, and immigration. In addition to lecturing at many universities throughout the world, he was Harmsworth Professor at Oxford University and Pitt Professor at Cambridge University, where he was also an honorary fellow at Peterhouse College.
He taught history at New York University, Columbia University, and Amherst College. He was educated at the University of Chicago. Contact seller Seller Rating: Used - HardcoverCondition: GOOD US 4.14 Convert currency Free shipping Within U.S.A. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.Henry Steele Commager was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 25, 1902. Spirit of 'Seventy-Six: The Story of the American Revolution as Told b Henry Steele Commager Published byHarper, 1967., 1967 Seller: OwlsBooks, Toledo, OH, U.S.A. Seller Rating: Contact seller Used - HardcoverCondition: GOOD US 4.14 Convert currency Free shipping Within U.S.A. In short, the editors have wrought a balanced, sweeping, and compelling documentary history. Spirit of Seventy-Six: The Story of the American Revolution as Told b Henry Steele Commager Published byHarper, 1967., 1967 Seller: Pro Quo Books, Toledo, U.S.A. In letters, journals, diaries, official documents, and personal recollections, the timeless figures of the Revolution emerge in all their human splendor and folly to stand beside the nameless soldiers.Profusely illustrated and enhanced by cogent commentary, this book examines every aspect of the war, including the Loyalist and British views treason and prison escapes songs and ballads the home front and diplomacy abroad. The Spirit of 'Seventy-Six allows readers to experience events long-entombed in textbooks as they unfold for the first time for both Loyalists and Patriots: the Boston Tea Party, Bunker Hill, the Declaration of Independence, and more. Morris have provided a prudent, perceptive answer-the participants themselves-and in the process have fashioned from the vast source material a thrilling chronological narrative.
Renowned scholars Henry Steele Commager and Richard B. Who shall write the history of the American Revolution? Who can write it? asked John Adams in 1815.
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