Edmund S. Morgan Knihy

Franklin's narrative invites readers into his life, sharing intimate details of his successes and struggles. The unabridged reproduction captures his engaging storytelling style, making it feel as though the reader is experiencing his journey alongside him. This classic work offers valuable insights into his character and the historical context of his time, making it an essential read for those interested in personal growth and American history.

The Puritans came to New England not merely to save their souls but to establish a "visible" kingdom of God, a society where outward conduct would be according to God's laws. This book discusses the desire of the Puritans to be socially virtuous and their wish to force social virtue upon others.

Draws on Franklin's extensive writings to provide a portrait of the statesman, inventor, and Founding Father.

In one remarkable quarter-century, thirteen quarrelsome colonies were transformed into a nation. Edmund S. Morgan's classic account of the Revolutionary period shows how the challenge of British taxation started the Americans on a search for constitutional principles to protect their freedom and eventually led to the Revolution.Morgan demonstrates that these principles were not abstract doctrines of political theory but grew instead out of the immediate needs and experiences of the colonists. They were held with passionate conviction, and incorporated, finally, into the constitutions of the new American states and of the United States.Though the basic theme of the book and his assessment of what the Revolution achieved remain the same, Morgan has updated the revised edition of The Birth of the Republic (1977) to include some textual and stylistic changes as well as a substantial revision of the Bibliographic Note.