John Stauffer: 5 books
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
A Biography of the Song That Marches On
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
It was sung at Ronald Reagan's funeral, and adopted with new lyrics by labor radicals. John Updike quoted it in the title of one of his novels, and George W. Bush had it performed at the memorial service in the National Cathedral for victims of September 11, 2001. Perhaps no other song has held such...
by Sally Jenkins, John Stauffer
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2009
New York Times bestselling author Sally Jenkins and distinguished Harvard professor John Stauffer mine a nearly forgotten piece of Civil War history and strike gold in this surprising account of the only Southern county to secede from the Confederacy.
The State of Jones is a true story about...
Giants
The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2008
Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln were the preeminent self-made men of their time. In this masterful dual biography, award-winning Harvard University scholar John Stauffer describes the transformations in the lives of these two giants during a major shift in cultural history, when men rejected...
Picturing Frederick Douglass: An Illustrated Biography of the Nineteenth Century's Most Photographed American
An Illustrated Biography of the Nineteenth Century’s Most Photographed American
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
A landmark and collectible volume—beautifully produced in duotone—that canonizes Frederick Douglass through historic photography.
Commemorating the bicentennial of Frederick Douglass’s birthday and featuring images discovered since its original publication in 2015, this “tour de force”...
by Andrew Delbanco, John Stauffer, Manisha Sinha
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2012
Abolitionists have been painted in extremes—vilified as reckless zealots who provoked the bloodletting of the Civil War, or praised as daring reformers who hastened the end of slavery. Delbanco sees them as the embodiment of a driving force in American history: the recurrent impulse of an adamant minority to rid the world of outrageous evil.