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Henry Steele Commager

Henry Steele Commager (October 25, 1902 – March 2, 1998) was an American historian.

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American historian (1902–1998)

Born 25 Oct 1902
Died 2 Mar 1998

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  • Cover of: A pocket history of the United States
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  • Cover of: Documents of American history.
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  • Cover of: The Spirit of 'Seventy-Six: The Story of the American Revolution As Told by Participants
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  • Cover of: The American mind: an interpretation of American thought and character since the 1880's.
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  • Cover of: Woodrow Wilson and the progressive era, 1910-1917.
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  • Cover of: The Blue and the Gray: From the Battle fo Gettysburg to Appomattox
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  • Cover of: The Blue and the Gray: Volume 1: From the Nomination of Lincoln to the Eve of Gettysburg (Mentor)
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    First published in 1950 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: The Blue and the Gray: the story of the Civil War as told by participants
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  • Cover of: The Story of the Second World War (History of War)
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  • Cover of: Living ideas in America.
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  • Cover of: American Mind, The
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  • Cover of: Illustrated History of the Civil War
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  • Cover of: Selected writings of William Dean Howells
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  • Cover of: Why the North Won the Civil War
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    First published in 1960 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: The era of reform, 1830-1860.
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  • Cover of: The nature and the study of history: with a concluding chapter suggesting methods for elementary and secondary teachers
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  • Cover of: The Blue and the Gray: the story of the Civil War as told by participants.
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    First published in 1950 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Majority rule and minority rights
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    First published in 1943 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: The empire of reason: how Europe imagined and America realized the enlightenment
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    First published in 1977 — 6 editions
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Photo of Henry Steele Commager

American historian (1902–1998)

Born 25 Oct 1902
Died 2 Mar 1998

Subjects

History, Sources, Histoire, Civilization, Personal narratives, United States, Juvenile literature, American National characteristics, Civil rights, Liberty, Political science, Biography, Politics and government, Social conditions, African Americans, Constitutional history, Constitutional law, Democracy, Historiography, Intellectual life, Liberalism, Slavery, Study and teaching, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865

Places

United States, Confederate States of America, États-Unis, USA, England, Estados Unidos, Europe, Great Britain, North America, Southern States, Spojené státy americké, The West, To 1865, West (U.S.)

People

Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859), Horace, Karel Teige (1900-1951), Karel Teige (1900-1951,), Karl Löwenstein (1891-), Mark Twain (1835-1910), Robert E. Lee (1807-1870), Theodore Parker, Theodore Parker (1810-1860), Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924)

Time

Civil War, 1861-1865, Revolution, 1775-1783, 1861-1865, 1865-1918, 18th century, 20th century, To 1865, 1607-1989, 1775-1783, 1849-1877, 1913-1921, 1945-, 1970-, Civil War, Colonial times to the Ford administration, Revolution, To 1783

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