Garry Wills
Garry Wills is an adjunct professor and cultural historian in the Department of History at Northwestern University. He has written many acclaimed works on religion and on American history, including Lincoln at Gettysburg, for which he received the Pulitzer Prize; Cincinnatus: George Washington and the Enlightenment; and the New York Times bestsellers What Jesus Meant and Why I Am a Catholic. A frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books and other publications, he studied for the...See more
Garry Wills is an adjunct professor and cultural historian in the Department of History at Northwestern University. He has written many acclaimed works on religion and on American history, including Lincoln at Gettysburg, for which he received the Pulitzer Prize; Cincinnatus: George Washington and the Enlightenment; and the New York Times bestsellers What Jesus Meant and Why I Am a Catholic. A frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books and other publications, he studied for the priesthood and took his doctorate in the classics. See less
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Garry Wills book reviews
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Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America
A New Birth Of Freedom
The Battle of Gettysburg, a pivotal event in the Civil War, raged from July 1 to July 3, 1863. It was the largest battle ever fought in the Western Hemisphere and ended the Confederacy's second ... Read More
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Saint Augustine
History And Spirit
After reading E.L. Doctorow's novel, "City of God". I wanted to learn more about Augustine to think further about the obvious allusion in Doctorow's title, and throughout his book. I had read ... Read More
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A Necessary Evil: A History of American Distrust of Government
A Must Read
Watching old reruns of "West Wing" I saw this book in one episode and I found it to be very enlightening what we believe about our federal government. It is a good, clear explanation of some of the ... Read More
