Larry Gara

Biographic Data

ID1047652
NAMELarry Gara
GIVEN NAMESLarry
FAMILY NAMEGara
SIGNATUREGARA L
AFFILIATIONSWilmington College
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS23
TOTAL CITATIONS6
AUTHOR COUNT23
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1950
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1998
H-INDEX1

  • Abolitionism in the United States and Brazil

    Larry Gara, L Dezi F Gara et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1998

    Journal Article Abolitionism in the United States and Brazil: A Comparative Perspective. By Celia M. Azevedo. (New York: Garland, 1995. xxvi, 200 pp. $50.00, ISBN 0-8153-2332-8) Get access Larry Gara Larry Gara Wilmington College, Wilmington, Ohio Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 1, June 1998, Pages 230–231, https://doi.org/10.2307/2568486 Published: 01 June 199…

  • The Presidency of Franklin Pierce

    Elbert B Smith, Larry GaraARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1993

  • The Presidency of Franklin Pierce

    Robert W Johannsen, Larry GaraARTICLEJournal of American History1992Cited by: 5

    Journal Article The Presidency of Franklin Pierce. By Larry Gara. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1991. xiv + 218 pp. $25.00, ISBN 0-7006-0494-4.) Get access The Presidency of Franklin Pierce. By Gara Larry. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1991. xiv + 218 pp. $25.00, ISBN 0-7006-0494-4.) Robert W. Johannsen Robert W. Johannsen University of Illinois, Urbana Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jou…

  • Proslavery

    Larry Gara, Larry E TiseARTICLEJournal of American History1989

    Journal Article Proslavery: A History of the Defense of Slavery in America, 1701–1840. By Larry E. Tise. (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1987. xix + 501 pp. $40.00.) Get access Larry Gara Larry Gara Wilmington College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 75, Issue 4, March 1989, Pages 1301–1302, https://doi.org/10.2307/1908664 Published: 01 March 1989

  • Mutiny on the Amistad

    Larry Gara, Howard JonesARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1988

  • Freedom's Despots

    Larry Gara, Robert J LoewenbergARTICLEJournal of American History1988

    Journal Article Freedom's Despots: The Critique of Abolition. By Robert J. Loewenberg. (Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 1986. xi + 173 pp. $19.95.) Get access Larry Gara Larry Gara Wilmington College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 75, Issue 1, June 1988, Pages 257–258, https://doi.org/10.2307/1889716 Published: 01 June 1988

  • Love of Order

    Larry Gara, John W Barnwell et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1983

  • The Pursuit of a Dream

    Larry Gara, Janet Sharp HermannARTICLEJournal of American History1981

    Journal Article The Pursuit of a Dream. By Janet Sharp Hermann. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1981. xiii + 290 pp. Maps, illustrations, tables, notes, selected bibliography, and index. $17.50.) Get access Larry Gara Larry Gara Wilmington College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 68, Issue 3, December 1981, Pages 664–665, https://doi.org/10.2307/1901974 Published: 01 …

  • C. Warren Griffiths

    Larry GaraARTICLEPS Political Science & Politics1972

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  • On a Mixed Media Teaching Experience

    Open AccessLarry GaraARTICLEPeace & Change1972

  • Once a Slave

    Larry Gara, Stanley FeldsteinARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1971

  • Horace Mann

    Open AccessLarry GaraARTICLEHistorian1969

  • Lewis Tappan and the Evangelical War Against Slavery

    Larry Gara, Bertram Wyatt-Brown et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1969

    Journal Article Lewis Tappan and the Evangelical War Against Slavery. By Bertram Wyatt-Brown. (Cleveland: Press of Case Western Reserve University, 1969. xxi + 376 pp. Illustration, notes, bibliographical essay, and index. $8.95.) Get access Larry Gara Larry Gara Wilmington College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 56, Issue 3, December 1969, Pages 672–673, https://doi.org…

  • The President Who Wouldn't Retire

    Larry Gara, Leonard FalknerARTICLEThe New England Quarterly1968

  • The Grimke Sisters from South Carolina

    Larry Gara, Gerda LernerARTICLEJournal of American History1968Cited by: 1

    Journal Article The Grimké Sisters from South Carolina: Rebels against Slavery. By Gerda Lerner. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1967. xiv + 479 pp. Illustrations, notes, appendix, bibliography, and index. $6.95.) Get access Larry Gara Larry Gara Wilmington College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 55, Issue 1, June 1968, Page 138, https://doi.org/10.2307/1894285 Published: 01 …

  • The Liberty Line

    Stanley Elkins, Larry GaraARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1963

    The underground railroad -- with its mysterious signals, secret depots, abolitionist heroes, and slave-hunting villains -- has become part of American mythology. But legend has distorted much of this history. Larry Gara shows how pre-Civil War partisan propanda, postwar remininscences by fame-hungry abolitionists, and oral tradition helped foster the popular belief that a powerful secret organization spirited floods of slaves away from the South.…

  • The Liberty Line

    Louis Filler, Larry GaraARTICLEThe Mississippi Valley Historical…1961

    Journal Article The Liberty Line: The Legend of the Underground Railroad. By Larry Gara. (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1961. xii + 201 pp. Notes and index. $5.00.) Get access Louis Filler Louis Filler Antioch College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 48, Issue 3, December 1961, Pages 523–524, https://doi.org/10.2307/1892014 Published: 01 December 1961

  • Westernized Yankee

    Waddy William Moore, Larry GaraARTICLEThe Arkansas Historical Quarterly1960

  • Westernized Yankee

    Irene D Neu, Larry GaraARTICLEThe Mississippi Valley Historical…1957

    Journal Article Westernized Yankee: The Story of Cyrus Woodman. By Larry Gara. (Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1956. xii + 254 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliographical note, and index. $4.50.) Get access Irene D. Neu Irene D. Neu Southeast Missouri State College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 44, Issue 1, June 1957, Pages 142–143, https://doi.org/10.23…

  • Teaching Freedmen in the Post-War South

    Larry GaraARTICLEThe Journal of Negro History1955

  • History Publishing in 1849

    Open AccessWilliam B Hesseltine, Larry GaraARTICLEHistorian1954

    Additional informationNotes on contributorsLarry GaraDr. Hesseltine is Professor of American History at the University of Wisconsin, on leave this year as M. D. Anderson Visiting Professor of History at the Rice Institute in Houston, Texas. Dr. Gara, formerly a research assistant in American history at the University of Wisconsin, is now Professor of American History in the Mexico City College, Mexico, D.F. The Historian publishes this article as…

  • A New Englander's View of Plantation Life

    Larry GaraARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1952

  • Arkansas' Confederate Leaders after the War

    William B Hesseltine, Larry GaraARTICLEThe Arkansas Historical Quarterly1950