Elliott J. Gorn

About the Author

Elliott J. Gorn is Professor of History and American Civilization at Brown University.  He is author of The Manly Art (1986); Mother Jones:  The Most Dangerous Woman in America (2001); Dillinger’s Wild Ride (2009); and is coauthor of A Brief History of American Sports (1993).  Gorn is also coeditor of Constructing the American Past—a collection of documents for U.S. history survey courses—now in its seventh edition.