Jill Lepore

Jill Lepore is the Kemper Professor of American History at Harvard University, a staff writer at The New Yorker, and the author of the forthcoming Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin, among many other books.

Tell Me What You See

Edmund S. Morgan

One of America’s most influential historians died this week. Jill Lepore salutes Edmund Morgan.

Jill Lepore | Published Jul 10, 2013

My Tea Party History

When historian Jill Lepore stumbled on a letter from John Adams about the lies of American history, it brought to mind her own youthful brush with the Revolutionary spirit.

Jill Lepore | Published Oct 05, 2010