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Fergus M. Bordewich

Fergus M. Bordewich
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Fergus M. Bordewich

Fergus M. Bordewich is the author of several books, including Washington: The Making of the American Capital, Bound for Canaan, Killing the White Man's Indian, and My Mother's Ghost, a memoir. The son of a national civil rights leader for Native... Read full bio

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Q. Is there a book you love to reread? A. "The Years that Were Fat," by George Kates Q. Who are your favorite authors? A. William Faulkner
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V.S. Naipaul
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"For Cause and Comrades," by James McPherson
Bruce Catton's three-volume history of the Army of the Potomac Q. Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers? A. Rewrite, then rewrite, the rewrite. Learn more about Fergus M. Bordewich

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21 nonfiction books to watch for in spring 2012
Christian Science Monitor, March 20, 2012
...April) The Compromise of 1850 saved the United States from collapse – at tremendous cost. Journalist and historian Fergus M. Bordewich tells the story of the historic compromise and the men who engineered it. (April) The American President Series turns...
21 nonfiction books to watch for in spring 2012
Christian Science Monitor, March 20, 2012
...April) The Compromise of 1850 saved the United States from collapse – at tremendous cost. Journalist and historian Fergus M. Bordewich tells the story of the historic compromise and the men who engineered it. (April) The American President Series turns...
Slavery, abolitionists and the Underground Railroad
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, February 2, 2012
...of human bondage.---The abolitionistsIn "Bound for Canaan: The Underground Railroad and the War for the American Soul," Fergus M. Bordewich states that while northern Methodists and Baptists stressed the equality of all men before God "and would produce...
(WSJ) Fergus Bordewich—The Novel That Changed America
TitusOneNine, July 1, 2011
..."Uncle Tom's Cabin" was abolitionist propaganda, but it was also a brilliant novel that intertwined the stories of a host of memorable characters: the long-suffering slave Uncle Tom, the sadistic overseer Simon Legree, the defiant fugitive George Harris,...