Fergus M. Bordewich’s most recent book is Congress at War: How Republican Reformers Fought the Civil War, Defied Lincoln, Ended Slavery, and Remade America.
Fergus M. Bordewich
Our Founding Contradiction
The entrenched dichotomy at the center of the national story
by Fergus M. Bordewich | Thursday, December 01, 2022
Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain
The vitality of big ideas
by Fergus M. Bordewich | Monday, November 16, 2015
The Corner
by Fergus M. Bordewich | Monday, March 31, 2014
Abolition Gone Wrong
Despite good intentions, some opponents of the Atlantic slave trade caused more harm
by Fergus M. Bordewich | Friday, December 06, 2013
Founding Portraitists
by Fergus M. Bordewich | Sunday, March 01, 2009
