Everyman As Master By Edward L. Ayers You need an active subscription to view this contentYou should really subscribe now!Or login if you already have a subscription. Share — Issue: Summer 1987 / Volume 63/3 Published: December 11, 2003 Edward L. Ayers Edward L. Ayers is an American historian and the ninth president of the University of Richmond. His book In the Presence of Mine Enemies: The Civil War in the Heart of America, 1859-1864 won the Bancroft Prize in 2004.