Garry Wills

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in Atlanta, Georgia, The United States

May 22, 1934

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Garry Wills is an author and historian, and a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books. In 1993, he won a Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction for his book Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America, which describes the background and effect of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863.

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Average rating: 3.88 · 5,915 ratings · 686 reviews · 65 distinct works · Similar authors

	Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 2,448 ratings — published 1992 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Jesus Meant 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 481 ratings — published 2006 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Paul Meant 3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 277 ratings — published 2006 — 16 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	James Madison (The American Presidents, #4) by Garry Wills, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. 3.41 of 5 stars 3.41 avg rating — 246 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nixon Agonistes: The Crisis of the Self-Made Man 4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 165 ratings — published 1969 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why I Am a Catholic 3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 167 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Papal Sin: Structures of Deceit 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 2000 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What the Gospels Meant 3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saint Augustine 3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 1999 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the National Security State 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 1979 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Only the winners decide what were war crimes. ”
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