Eric Foner
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About
A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and author, he is best known for his work on post-Civil War Reconstruction. He published his award-winning work, The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery, in 2010.
Before Fame
He graduated summa cum laude from Columbia University in 1963.
Trivia
He was elected president of the American Historical Association in 2000.
Family Life
His father was a historian who was blacklisted during the McCarthy Era for supporting civil rights and the trade union movement.
Associated With
He frequently wrote about Abraham Lincoln's views on slavery.
