John E. Ferling
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On May 8, 2015, Professor John Ferling at the Treasury Executive Institute teaching Treasury executives about management and the United States Revolutionary War. | |
Born |
1940 Charleston |
Nationality | United States |
Other names | John Ferling |
Occupation | Historian, Author, Professor (retired 2004) |
Known for | American revolution historian |
Awards | Lifetime Achievement Award / Fraunces Tavern Book Award |
John E. Ferling is a professor emeritus of history at the University of West Georgia. As a leading historian in the American Revolution, he has appeared in television documentaries on PBS, the History Channel, C-SPAN Book TV, and the Learning Channel.[1]
Early life
John Ferling was born in 1940 in Charleston, West Virginia.[2] He grew up in Texas City, Texas.[2]
Education
He attended Sam Houston State University. He later received a Masters degree in history from Baylor University.[2]
Career
He taught for 39 years, mostly at the University of West Georgia. He retired from teaching to spend more time writing.[2]
Publications
- The Ascent of George Washington: The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon[3]
- Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence[4][5]
- The Loyalist Mind: Joseph Galloway and the American Revolution [6]
- A Wilderness of Miseries: War and Warriors in Early America [7]
- The First of Men: A Life of George Washington[8]
- Struggle for a Continent: The Wars of Early America [9]
- John Adams: A Life [10]
- Setting the World Ablaze: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and the American Revolution [11]
- A Leap in the Dark: The Struggle to Create the American Republic [12]
- Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 [13]
- Independence: The Struggle to Set America Free (published June 21, 2011)[14]
- Jefferson and Hamilton: "The Rivalry That Forged A Nation"*[15]
- Ferling, John E. (2015). Whirlwind: the American Revolution and the War that Won It. Bloomsbury Press. ISBN 9781620401729.
Awards
- Lifetime Achievement Award[16]
- Fraunces Tavern Book Award
- Outstanding Retired Faculty[17]
Notes
- ↑ "Hooks Book Events - Interactive Author Programs - Washington, DC - Home". hooksbookevents.com.
- 1 2 3 4 "John Ferling - Biography". johnferling.com.
- ↑ "Amazon.com: The Ascent of George Washington: The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon (9781596914650): John Ferling: Books". amazon.com.
- ↑ Ferling, J.E. (2007), Almost a miracle: the American victory in the War of Independence, Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780195181210, OCLC 85898929, retrieved 2009-07-05
- ↑ "Almost A Miracle". oup.com.
- ↑
- ↑ Ferling, J.E. (1980). A wilderness of miseries: war and warriors in early America. Greenwood Press. ISBN 031322093X. OCLC 5706410.
- ↑ Ferling, J.E.; Societies, American Council of Learned (1988), The first of men: A life of George Washington
- ↑ Ferling, J. (1993), "Struggle for a Continent: The Wars of Early America", America's First World War: the French and Indian War, 1754-1763 (Harlan Davidson)
- ↑ Ferling, J. (1992), John Adams: a life, Univ. of Tennessee Press, ISBN 0870497308, OCLC 243731777
- ↑ Ferling, J.E. (2000). Setting the World Ablaze: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and the American Revolution. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195134095. OCLC 43118302.
- ↑ Ferling, J.E. (2003), A leap in the dark: the struggle to create the American republic, ISBN 0195159241, OCLC 51511252, retrieved 2009-07-05
- ↑ Ferling, J.E. (2004), Adams vs. Jefferson: the tumultuous election of 1800, ISBN 0195167716, OCLC 54959849
- ↑ "Independence: The Struggle to Set America Free: John Ferling: 9781608190089: Amazon.com: Books". amazon.com.
- ↑ Ferling, John E. (2013). Jefferson and Hamilton: "The Rivalry That Forged A Nation". Bloomsbury Press. ISBN 9781608195282. OCLC 826322983.
- ↑ http://www.westga.edu/index_2106.php
- ↑ "AlumniDen - Alumni Association". westga.edu.
External links
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Ferling discusses Almost a Miracle on September 27, 2007 at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library
- Official website
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