H. W. Brands
Forfatter af The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
Om forfatteren
H.W. Brands was born Henry William Brands in Oregon. He graduated from Stanford University in 1975 with a B.A. in history, and from Jesuit High School in Portland, Oregon. He went on to earn his graduate degree in mathematics and history in Oregon and Texas. He taught at Vanderbilt University and vis mere Texas A&M University before he joined the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin. He acquired the title of Dickson Allen Anderson Centennial Professor of History at the U of Texas. He specializes in American History and politics, with books including Traitor to His Class, Andrew Jackson, The Age of Gold, the First American, and TR. Several of his books have been best sellers, including one recently published, The General vs. the President. Two of them - Traitor to His Class and The First American were finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He lectures often on historical and current events and he can be seen and heard on national television and radio programs. (Bowker Author Biography) H. W. Brands lives in Austin, Texas. (Publisher Provided) H. W. Brands is Distinguished Professor of History and Ralph R. Thomas '21 Professor in Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
Image credit: Credit: Larry D. Moore, Texas Book Festival, Austin, TX, Nov. 1, 2008
Værker af H. W. Brands
Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (2008) 928 eksemplarer
Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of… (2018) 396 eksemplarer
Lone Star Nation: How a Ragged Army of Volunteers Won the Battle for Texas Independence - and Changed America (2004) 378 eksemplarer
The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War (2016) 363 eksemplarer
The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom (2020) 238 eksemplarer
The Money Men: Capitalism, Democracy, and the Hundred Years' War over the American Dollar (2006) 167 eksemplarer
The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield: A Tragedy of the Gilded Age (American Portraits) (2011) 158 eksemplarer
The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr : a Tale of Homicide, Intrigue and a Father's Worst Fear (2012) 133 eksemplarer
Masters of Enterprise: Giants of American Business from John Jacob Astor and J.P. Morgan to Bill Gates and Oprah… (1999) 85 eksemplarer
Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics (2023) 75 eksemplarer
Greenback Planet: How the Dollar Conquered the World and Threatened Civilization as We Know It (Discovering America) (2011) 34 eksemplarer
Inside the Cold War: Loy Henderson and the Rise of the American Empire, 1918-1961 (1991) 13 eksemplarer
The Modern Scholar: Masters of Enterprise: American Business History and the People Who Made it (2008) 6 eksemplarer
Since Vietnam: The United States in World Affairs, 1973-1995 (America in Crisis) (1995) 5 eksemplarer
Cold Warriors: Eisenhower's Generation and American Foreign Policy (Columbia Contemporary American History Series) (1988) 2 eksemplarer
American Stories: A History of the United States, Volume 2, Black & White (3rd Edition) (2014) 2 eksemplarer
T. R. : The Last Romantic Part 2 Of 2 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Presidential Leadership: Rating the Best and the Worst in the White House (2004) — Bidragyder — 148 eksemplarer
America Past and Present, Volume I: Chapters 1-16 (6th Edition) (1984) — nogle udgaver — 83 eksemplarer
10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America: Volume 1 [2005 TV mini series] (2006) — Fortæller — 12 eksemplarer
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- Kanonisk navn
- Brands, H.W.
- Juridisk navn
- Brands, Henry William
- Andre navne
- Brands, Bill
- Fødselsdato
- 1953-08-07
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Portland, Oregon, USA
- Bopæl
- Portland, Oregon, USA
Barton Hills, Austin, Texas, USA - Uddannelse
- University of Texas at Austin (Ph.D|1985)
Portland State University (MS|1981
Reed College (MA|1978)
Stanford University (BA|1975)
Jesuit High School, Beaverton, Oregon, USA - Erhverv
- historian
university professor
teacher - Relationer
- Brands, Henry William (father)
Brands, Hal (son) - Organisationer
- University of Texas at Austin
Texas A & M University
Philosophical Society of Texas - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Society of American Historians
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Brands includes exquisitely detailed physical descriptions of key characters. I especially appreciate his ability to tell a story as well as document history.
Very good overview of the relationship between the United States and the Philippines since 1898.
great prose, well researched , objective yet gives wondeful insights and details into the lives and conversations of McArthur and Truman
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It is a good book that has weaknesses in the structure of the footnotes and the lack of a bibliography.… (mere)