John Dickinson finally has a comprehensive and readable biography, thanks to Dr. Jane E. Calvert. Her book, Penman of the Founding: A Biography of John Dickinson, was selected by the ARRT of Richmond’s Book Prize Committee for the 2025 Harry M. Ward Book Prize. Her research and in-depth knowledge of Dickinson explains why it’s not a paradox that the author of the influential Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania could abstain from voting for independence, how a man with many Quaker beliefs could endorse military action, or how Dickinson and John Adams shared many convictions but became adversaries. Most significantly, the book documents the overlooked influence of Dickinson’s writings and actions upon all aspects of the revolution and America’s transformation from colonies to nation.
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