Garry Wills

Garry Wills (born May 22, 1934) is a celebrated author and historian, and a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his book Lincoln at Gettysburg.

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May 22 - 1934 - Author - Historian - New York Review of Books - Pulitzer Prize

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Wills is an adjunct professor of history, both American and cultural, at Northwestern University. He recieved his PhD in classics from Yale in 1961.

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History - Northwestern University

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In his newest study, distinguished historian and critic Garry Wills offers a surprising perspective on one of the most influential historians of the nineteenth century ? Henry Adams. Henry Adams and the Making of America dissects the little known but significant study of the early United States by Adams. Wills considers Adams? legacy as a historian, including his innovations in employing archival sources, first-hand reportage, and eyewitness accounts. From his ironic view of the legacy of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison to his identification of the ?American paradox? or desire for isolation and political simplicity while struggling with the hallmarks of ?big government,? Wills shows how the ironies identified by Adams continue to plague U.S. foreign and domestic policies. Garry Wills is the author of numerous books, including Saint Augustine, ?Negro President?: Jefferson and the Slave Power, Papal Sin, and the best-selling Why I Am a Catholic. Wills received the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1993 for the seminal biography Lincoln at Gettysburg. He is a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books and an adjunct professor of history at Northwestern University.

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