Fergus M. Bordewich, author portrait
© David Altschul

Fergus M. Bordewich

FERGUS M. BORDEWICH is the author of eight previous nonfiction books, including Congress at War: How Republican Reformers Fought the Civil War, Defied Lincoln, Ended Slavery, and Remade America; The First Congress: How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government (winner of the 2016 D.B. Hardeman Prize in American History); and America's Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise that Preserved the Union (named best history book of 2012 by the Los Angeles Times). He lives in Washington, DC with his wife.
Klan War
Congress at War
My Mother's Ghost
Killing the White Man's Indian

Tue Oct 01
ULYSSES S. GRANT PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY
395 Hardy Rd
Starkville, MS 39759
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Wed Oct 02
TWO MISSISSIPPI MUSEUMS HISTORY IS LUNCH
222 North St #1206
Jackson, MS 39201
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Books

Klan War
Congress at War
My Mother's Ghost
Killing the White Man's Indian

Events

Tue Oct 01
ULYSSES S. GRANT PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY
395 Hardy Rd
Starkville, MS 39759
Google Map

Wed Oct 02
TWO MISSISSIPPI MUSEUMS HISTORY IS LUNCH
222 North St #1206
Jackson, MS 39201
Google Map