Don E. Fehrenbacher
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| Don Edward Fehrenbacher | |
| Born | August 21, 1920 Sterling, Illinois |
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| Died | December 13, 1997 Palo Alto, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | History professor |
| Known for | 19th century American history |
Don Edward Fehrenbacher (born August 21, 1920; died December 13, 1997) was an American historian.
Born in Sterling, Illinois, he was a well known historian of 19th century United States history. He wrote on politics, slavery, and Abraham Lincoln. He won two Pulitzer prizes, one for his book about the Dred Scott Decision and one for editing and completing David M. Potter's The Impending Crisis.
From 1953 to 1984, Fehrenbacher taught American History at Stanford University.
Fehrenbacher died in Stanford, California. He is survived by his wife Virginia, three children, numerous grandchildren, a sister, Shirley, and two brothers, Robert and Marvin.
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1962 - Prelude To Greatness: Lincoln In The 1850's 1968 - California: An Illustrated History
1976 - The Impending Crisis (completed and edited by)
1978 - The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics
1980 - The South and Three Sectional Crises
1987 - Lincoln in Text and Context: Collected Essays
1996 - Recollected Words of Abraham Lincoln (compiled and edited with Virginia)
2001 - The Slaveholding Republic: An Account of the United States government's Relations to Slavery (completed and edited by Ward M. McAfee)
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