America’s Founding Son is an accessible and entertaining biography of our nation’s greatest public servant and original political maverick John Quincy Adams, from the bassist of the Grammy-nominated band the Avett Brothers.   AUTHOR’S NOTE Sitting at his desk, the aged congressman was caged in by his colleagues’ sneers and stares. Enough with his moralizing

Are you attending the 2026 Organization of American Historians (OAH) Conference on American History taking place April 16th-19th in Philadelphia, PA? Visit Penguin Random House at Booth # 208 to browse our collection of books. Join us for two free book signings with Marcia Chatelain, author of How Bright the Path Grows: The Untold Story of

David Brion Davis, distinguished author and historian, passed away on Sunday, April 14th 2019, at the age of 92. Davis was Sterling Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University, and founder and Director Emeritus of Yale’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition. Throughout his career, he wrote and edited sixteen