Gerald Grob bol synom židovských imigrantov z Poľska. Študoval na City College of New York a Columbia University, doktorát získal na Northwestern University. Pôsobil ako profesor na Clark University a Rutgers University. Jeho práca sa zameriavala na históriu medicíny a duševného zdravia.
This collection of essays on American history reflects recent scholarship. Contributors new to this edition include Gary Nash, Arthur Schlesinger, Richard P. McCormick, Gerda Lerner, Ellen C. DuBois, Vicki L. Ruiz, Nathan I. Huggins, John Lewis Gaddis, Paul Kennedy and Kevin P. Philips.