This first-ever biography of John William Ward, the fourteenth president of Amherst College, explores the roots of his idealism and covers his presidency, his l

Was the man who lent his name to "Jacksonian America" a rough-hewn frontiersman? A powerful, victorious general? Or merely a man of will? Separating myth from r

This first-ever biography of John William Ward, the fourteenth president of Amherst College, explores the roots of his idealism and covers his presidency, his l

The Ward family often told William Ward that he saw and experienced more miracles than any man alive. In this volume of inspiring true stories, Dr. Ward recount

During John William Ward’s time as president of Amherst College, he dealt with issues of gender and sexuality through the integration of women into a traditio