Edmund S. Morgan

Ralph Young: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

August 7, 2015

Ralph Young is a history professor at Temple University. He has done extensive research in the history of protest movements, terrorist organizations, and 17th-century Puritanism. He is the author of Dissent: The History of an American Idea, a narrative history…

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Independence: A book review by Bob Morris

August 21, 2014

Independence: The Tangled Roots of the American Revolution Thomas P. Slaughter Hill & Wang/A Division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2014) A comprehensive response to John Adams’ question, “What do we mean by revolution?” The question posed by Adams in…

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American Heroes: A book review by Bob Morris

August 10, 2014

American Heroes: Profiles of Men and Women Who Shaped Early America Edmund S. Morgan W.W. Norton & Company (2009) No one but Edmund Morgan has in our own time “known so well the materials of New England history during the…

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14 Lessons From Benjamin Franklin About Getting What You Want In Life

May 4, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from an article featured online by Business Insider. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up for a free subscription, please click here. *     *     * Benjamin Franklin was a man…

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