“Master historian” (San Francisco Chronicle) Eric Foner won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery. Widely considered one of the preeminent scholars of the Civil War, slavery, and Reconstruction, he is the author of dozens of books and journal articles about 19th century America. His books include The Story of American Freedom, Who Owns History?, and Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution, winner of the Bancroft, Parkman, and Los Angeles Times Book prizes. Gateway to Freedom details the little-known heroics of the slaves and activists who participated in the Underground Railroad.

Barbara Gohn Day Memorial Lecture