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In Memoriam, Gordon S. Wood

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Wood’s interpretation of American history was both forward-looking and painstakingly committed to the truth.

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Gordon Wood and the historians who told the real story of the founders

Washington Examiner

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Gordon Wood and the historians who told the real story of the founders

The sudden death of the historian Gordon Wood, just weeks before the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, is one more mark of the closure of a golden age of the historiography of the revolutionary era. It’s an occasion to reflect on the uniqueness, indeed the idiosyncrasy, of the emergence of […]

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Gordon S. Wood, influential scholar of the American Revolution, dies at 92

Washington Examiner

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Gordon S. Wood, influential scholar of the American Revolution, dies at 92

NEW YORK (AP) — Gordon S. Wood, the eminent and prolific scholar who forged a highly influential and sharply debated narrative of the country’s early years of independence through such prize-winning works as “The Creation of the American Republic” and “The Radicalism of the American Revolution,” has died. He was 92. Wood, a professor emeritus at Brown […]

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