Garry Wills
American historian and journalist whose Lincoln at Gettysburg won the Pulitzer Prize by arguing that Lincoln's speech transformed the meaning of the Civil War and rewrote the American founding. He has written major works on American politics, religion, and literature with learned, accessible prose.
Works
- Lincoln at GettysburgAnalysis of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and its historical importance
- Nixon AgonistesBiography examining Richard Nixon's presidency and political contradictions
- Inventing AmericaHistorical reinterpretation of the American founding and Jefferson
- Papal SinCritique of moral failures and institutional corruption in the Catholic Church
- What the Gospels MeantScholarly examination of gospel traditions and their historical meanings