Paul Kahan Author

Paul Kahan holds bachelor’s degrees in history and English from Alfred University, a master’s degree in history and literature from Drew University, and a Ph.D. in U.S. history from Temple University. His previous books include Eastern State Penitentiary: A History, a popular history of the prison; Seminary of Virtue: The Ideology and Practice of Inmate Reform at Eastern State Penitentiary; The Homestead Strike: Labor, Violence, and American Industry; The Bank War: Andrew Jackson, Nicholas Biddle, and the Fight for American Finance, the first narrative history of this turning point in American political history in more than half a century; Amiable Scoundrel: Simon Cameron, Lincoln’s Scandalous Secretary of War; and The Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant: Preserving the Civil War’s Legacy. He lives near Philadelphia.