Author

Forrest McDonald

Forrest McDonald is Distinguished University Research Professor Emeritus at the University of Alabama and author of Recovering the Past: A Historian's Memoir (University Press of Kansas).

Articles by Forrest McDonald

The Unlovable Mr. Adams

The Unlovable Mr. Adams

Though it is difficult to genuinely like John Adams, it is equally difficult to not admire him.
Debt & Taxes

Debt & Taxes

The invention of public debt and its impact on American history

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