Edward J. Larson's Books
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A Magnificent CatastropheFrom a Pulitzer-prize winning historian, a riveting account of the titanic election battle that was America's first presidential campaign, and an eleRead More
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The Independent, February 1, 2013
...Another reason we came second. "The British expedition was designed entirely for scientific research," wrote Amundsen. "The Pole was only a side-issue… in my plan it was the main object." In this gripping study, Larson explains that "scientifically...
Tacoma News Tribune, October 24, 2012
...of 1824, has subsequently been settled in the House. Burr is a key figure in Pepperdine University professor Edward J. Larson's "A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, American's First Presidential Campaign," a 2007 book that posits...
Trumbull Patch, April 24, 2013
...s title is A Magnificent Catastrophe: the Tumultuous Election of 1800, America's First Presidential Campaign, by Edward J. Larson. Our first presidential campaign was so momentous to American democracy that Thomas Jefferson would later dub it...
Trumbull Patch, April 22, 2013
...s title is A Magnificent Catastrophe: the Tumultuous Election of 1800, America's First Presidential Campaign, by Edward J. Larson. Our first presidential campaign was so momentous to American democracy that Thomas Jefferson would later dub it...
The Independent, February 1, 2013
...Another reason we came second. "The British expedition was designed entirely for scientific research," wrote Amundsen. "The Pole was only a side-issue… in my plan it was the main object." In this gripping study, Larson explains that "scientifically...
Machines Like Us, December 30, 2012
...from clergy, with the conflict showcased by the famous debate between Bishop Wilberforce and Thomas Huxley in 1860. Edward J. Larson in his book The Summer of the Gods says that opposition to Darwin's ideas arose much more slowly in the US, not...
International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, August 10, 2012
Poten & Partners, June 5, 2012
...Monkey Trial followed, featuring defense attorney Clarence Darrow and three-time presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan for the prosecution. Edward J. Larson, a lawyer and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History, detailed the trial's effects in...
Toledoblade.com, June 5, 2012
...Monkey Trial followed, featuring defense attorney Clarence Darrow and three-time presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan for the prosecution. Edward J. Larson, a lawyer and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for history, detailed the trial's effects in...
