Our Fragile Freedoms
Essays
A treasury of current writings by one of the most acclaimed and influential historians of the United States. Eric Foner has done more to shape the public and professional understanding of American history than any other scholar. The preeminent historian of the Civil War era, Foner’s keynote has been American freedom and its changing meanings and boundaries. We see in his award-winning works how freedom has been a birthright for some and a struggle for others, that rights gained can also be lost, that they must always be tended with knowledge and vigilance. This volume collects fifty-eight of Foner’s more recent reviews and commentaries. Together they show the range of his interests and expertise, running from slavery and antislavery through the disunion…
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September 2, 2025Eric Foner, a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Bancroft Prize, and the Francis Parkman Prize, is the DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His books include The Story of American Freedom and Politics and Ideology in the Age of the Civil War. He lives in New York City.
Our Fragile Freedoms
Eric Foner
The Second Founding
Eric Foner
A Nation Without Borders
Steven Hahn
Gateway to Freedom
Eric Foner
The Civil War in 50 Objects
Harold Holzer and the New-York Historical Society
American Empire
Joshua Freeman
The Fiery Trial
Eric Foner
Forever Free
Eric Foner Illustrations edited and with Commentary by Joshua Brown
American Colonies
Alan Taylor
Story of American Freedom
Eric Foner