Gorn, Elliott (J.)

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GORN, Elliott (J.)

GORN, Elliott (J.). American, b. 1951. Genres: History, Biography. Career: Taught at University of Alabama, Miami University, Oxford, OH, Purdue University, Brown University. Publications: The Manly Art: Bare-Knuckle Prize Fighting in America, 1986; (with W. Goldstein) A Brief History of American Sports, 1993; Mother Jones: The Most Dangerous Woman in America, 2001. EDITOR: (with R. Roberts and T. Bilhartz) Constructing the American Past: A Sourcebook of a Peoples' History, 1991, rev. ed., 2001; (with M.K. Cayton and P.W. Williams) The Encyclopedia of American Social History, 3 vols, 1993; Muhammad Ali: The People's Champ, 1996; The McGuffy Readers: Selections from the 1879 Edition, 1998. Address: Department of History, Box N, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]