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Garry Wills

Garry Wills is an Emeritus Professor of History at Northwestern University. Born in Atlanta in 1934, he has taught widely throughout the United States. A prolific writer and scholar, Wills is the author of more than twenty books, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lincoln at Gettysburg, Papal Sin, and What Jesus Meant. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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Lincoln at Gettysburg
Lincoln at Gettysburg The Words that Remade America By: Garry Wills
This edition: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publication date: November 14, 2006
The power of words has rarely been given a more compelling demonstration than in the Gettysburg Address. Lincoln was asked to memorialize the gruesome battle. Instead he gave the whole nation "a new birth of freedom" in the...
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Venice: Lion City The Religion of Empire By: Garry Wills
This edition: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
Publication date: September 3, 2002
Garry Wills's Venice: Lion City is a tour de force -- a rich, colorful, and provocative history of the world's most fascinating city in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, when it was at the peak of its glory. This was not...
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A Necessary Evil A History of American Distrust of Government By: Garry Wills
This edition: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
Publication date: February 5, 2002
In A Necessary Evil, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Garry Wills shows that distrust of government is embedded deep in the American psyche. From the revolt of the colonies against king and parliament to present-day tax revolts,...
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John Wayne's America By: Garry Wills
This edition: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
Publication date: March 2, 1998
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lincoln at Gettysburg brings his eloquence, wit, and on-target perceptions of American life and politics to this fascinating, well-drawn protrait of a twentieth-century hero. In this work...
Other Formats: Audio Download
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Certain Trumpets The Call of Leaders By: Garry Wills
This edition: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Publication date: May 9, 1995
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Under God By: Garry Wills
This edition: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
Publication date: November 15, 1991
In Under God, Garry Wills, one of our liveliest and most eminent political observers, moves through the tapestry of American history, illuminating the instances where American politics and American religion have...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback