About William Leach
Born 1944. William Leach is an American writer.
William Leach is an American historian. He is professor emeritus of history at Columbia University.
Education He received a BA from Rutgers in 1965 and a PhD from the University of Rochester in 1976.
Awards and honors His book Land of Desire was a finalist for the 1993 National Book Award and received the Herbert Hoover Book Award from the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum.
Books Butterfly People. An American Encounter With the Beauty of the World (2013) Country of Exiles: The Destruction of Place in American Life (1999) Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture (1993) True Love and Perfect Union: The Feminist Reform of Sex and Society (1980)
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U.S. historian
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