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Harlow Giles Unger

Harlow Giles Unger

Harlow Giles Unger is a veteran journalist, broadcaster, educator, and historian and was Distinguished Visiting Fellow in American History at George Washington’s Mount Vernon.

Unger is the author of twenty-six books, including more than a dozen biographies of America’s Founding Fathers—among them Lafayette, Patrick Henry, John Quincy Adams, James Monroe, John Marshall, Richard Henry Lee, and Dr. Benjamin Rush. His most recent book is Thomas Paine and the Clarion Call for American Independence.

He is a graduate of Yale University and was a journalist for more than thirty years, first, with the New York Herald Tribune Overseas News Service, then, as an American political and economic affairs analyst for The Times and The Sunday Times (London).

     

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    “Times That Try Men’s Souls”, Spring 2022 | Vol. 67, No. 2
    The words of Thomas Paine changed the course of history, and are still relevant as Ukrainians fight for the rights he articulated.
    Lafayette: A Hero Among Heroes, Summer 2021 | Vol. 65, No. 5
    No figure in the Revolutionary era inspired as much affection and reverence as Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette
    James Monroe: The Last Founder, Spring 2021 | Vol. 66, No. 3
    The 5th president's policies helped create an “Era of Good Feelings,” a prosperous time never seen before or since in American history.
    John Marshall Saves the Republic, Winter 2020 | Vol. 64, No. 1
    Our greatest Chief Justice defined the Constitution and ensured that the rule of law prevailed at a time of Presidential overreach and bitter political factionalism.

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