H. W. Brands, author portrait
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H. W. Brands

H. W. BRANDS holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin. A New York Times bestselling author, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in biography for The First American and Traitor to His Class.
Founding Partisans
America First
The Last Campaign
Our First Civil War
The Zealot and the Emancipator
Heirs of the Founders
The General vs. the President
Reagan
The Man Who Saved the Union
The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr
American Colossus
American Dreams
The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield
Traitor to His Class
Andrew Jackson
Lone Star Nation
The Age of Gold
The First American

Books

Founding Partisans
America First
The Last Campaign
Our First Civil War
The Zealot and the Emancipator
Heirs of the Founders
The General vs. the President
Reagan
The Man Who Saved the Union
The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr
American Colossus
American Dreams
The Murder of Jim Fisk for the Love of Josie Mansfield
Traitor to His Class
Andrew Jackson
Lone Star Nation
The Age of Gold
The First American

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