Ridge, Ed., History, Frontier, & Section - Three Essays By Frederick Jackson Turner

Abstract

Since Carl Becker's essay on his mentor appeared in the mid-1920s, more has been written about Frederick Jackson Turner than about any other American historian, including Frances Parkman and Henry Adams. Works by Fulmer Mood, Wilbur Jacobs, Richard Hofstadter, James Bennett, and Ray Billington have carefully documented the life and times of the great Wisconsin scholar. Their conclusions about Turner the man are identical to Becker's. The Turner magic boiled down to personal warmth, imaginative teaching, and originality of thought.