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Book Description: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2004. Cloth. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. 0393059200 0393059200 From Publishers Weekly Even in his 80s, Morgan continues to be one of the wisest and most eloquent interpreters of early American history. Because we have come to expect Morgan to provide deeply insightful and original readings of the American past, this new book at first disappoints, for it consists of review essays that first appeared in the New York Review of Books. On the other hand, the 24 essays represent a Morgan miscellany and function, he notes, as a kind of intellectual autobiography, tracing the development of his scholarly career. In the earliest of these essays, on Puritan New England, Morgan measures the value of various studies of Puritanism against the classic work of his mentor, Perry Miller. Later essays reveal the brilliance of Morgan's scholarship as he examines topics ranging from Puritanism and sex (sexual pleasure was an "entitlement" of marriage, for women as well as men), witch trials and slavery to the significance of the publication of the 24-volume American National Biography (in an essay co-written with his wife). In various essays, Morgan argues that John Winthrop was America's "first great man" because he, like Washington, Franklin and Lincoln, "pursued and accomplished radical ends by conservative means" and that George Washington was "the founding father" because of his pursuit of power by honorable means. Morgan's essay on Benjamin Franklin provides an outline of his acclaimed and bestselling 2002 biography. Morgan's elegant prose and critical acumen shine brightly and remind us how deep our debt is to his illuminating readings of early American history. Copyright ? Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From Booklist Morgan, a professor emeritus at Yale, is the author of the best-selling, luminous, and comfortably read biography Benjamin Franklin (2002). He has been a contributor to the New York Review of Books for several decades, and the more than 20 review-essays gathered in his new book all saw previous publication in that distinguished serial. Assembled, the essays "amount to a kind of intellectual autobiography," for they represent, again in his words, "a statement of what I have thought about early Americans during nearly 70 years in their company." Obviously, then, the colonial period has been his specialty; specific topics discussed here include John Winthrop, Puritan governor of Massachusetts; slave life in the southern colonies; and, not surprisingly, for it is a favorite occupier of his thoughts and item on his writing agenda, Benjamin Franklin. Morgan's scholarship is beyond reproach, his voice sincerely welcoming. Brad Hooper Copyright ? American Library Association. All rights reserved Edward J. Reneham Jr., San Francisco Chronicle A remarkable journey through a frequently surprising past. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. Edward J. Reneham Jr., San Francisco Chronicle A remarkable journey through a frequently surprising past. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. Book Description A passionate and unparalleled look at the lives of the American colonists by the best-selling author of Benjamin Franklin. "This book amounts to an intellectual autobiography.These pieces are thus a statement of what I have thought about early Americans during nearly seventy years in their company," writes historian Edmund S. Morgan. Dividing his work into twenty-four essays with sections on "New Englanders," "Southerners," and "Revolutionaries," Morgan examines the history of the American colonies from the arrival of the first settlers in 1607 to the radical changes brought forth by the American Revolution. Filled with illuminating discussions of American leaders, including Winthrop, Franklin, Washington, Jefferson, and Madison, the book is extraordinary in its range?from the (quite lusty) sex lives of the Puritans to the witch trials in Salem and the corrosive effects of slavery on the soul of Virginia. No living histo. Bookseller Inventory # 001121

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Book Description: W W Norton & Co Inc, New York, 2004. Cloth. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. 8vo. First edtion. 8vo. Cloth binding, 315 pp. including index. A passionate and unparalleled look at the lives of the American colonists by the best-selling author of Benjamin Franklin. This is Morgan's first collection of essays in several decades, divided into "New Englanders," "Southerners," "Revolutionaries," and "Questions of Culture." New in new dustjacket. Bookseller Inventory # 014523

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Book Description: W W Norton & Co Inc, New York, 2004. Cloth. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. 8vo. First edtion. 8vo. Cloth binding, 315 pp. including index. A passionate and unparalleled look at the lives of the American colonists by the best-selling author of Benjamin Franklin. This is Morgan's first collection of essays in several decades, divided into "New Englanders," "Southerners," "Revolutionaries," and "Questions of Culture." New in new dustjacket. Bookseller Inventory # 014522

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Book Description: W W Norton & Co Inc, New York, 2004. Cloth. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. 8vo. First edtion. 8vo. Cloth binding, 315 pp. including index. A passionate and unparalleled look at the lives of the American colonists by the best-selling author of Benjamin Franklin. This is Morgan's first collection of essays in several decades, divided into "New Englanders," "Southerners," "Revolutionaries," and "Questions of Culture." New in new dustjacket. Bookseller Inventory # 014521

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