Gordon S. Wood received his B.A. from Tufts University and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Since 1969 he has been at Brown University, where he is a professor of history. In 1970 his book The Creation of the American Republic 1776—1787 was nominated for the National Book Award and received the Bancroft and John H. Dunning prizes. In 1993 he won the Pulitzer Prize for The Radicalism of the American Revolution. He lives in Providence, Rhode Island.
“Remarkable, invaluable.”—Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post
Book World
“Wood is the preeminent historian of the Revolution. . . . Here . .
. he manages to boil down to its essence this crucial period in the
country’s history without in the process reducing it to History
Lite. . . . His account of the emergence and development of
rank-and-file political opinion is especially provocative and
informative, but then so is just about everything else in this
remarkable, invaluable book.”—The Washington Post Book World
“An elegant, concise and lucid summary of the Revolution’s origins,
the war itself, and the social and political changes wrought by the
struggle for American independence.”—The Wall Street Journal
“This slim book tells a big story: one that invites the reader to
contemplate the relationships between liberty, power, rights and
the unpredictable outcomes of human action.”—Los Angeles Times Book
Review
“An elegant synthesis done by the leading scholar in the field,
which nicely integrates the work on the American Revolution over
the last three decades but never loses contact with the older,
classic questions that we have been arguing about for over two
hundred years.”—Joseph J. Ellis, author of Founding Brothers
"Remarkable, invaluable."-Jonathan Yardley, The Washington
Post Book World
"Wood is the preeminent historian of the Revolution. . . . Here . .
. he manages to boil down to its essence this crucial period in the
country's history without in the process reducing it to History
Lite. . . . His account of the emergence and development of
rank-and-file political opinion is especially provocative and
informative, but then so is just about everything else in this
remarkable, invaluable book."-The Washington Post Book
World
"An elegant, concise and lucid summary of the Revolution's origins,
the war itself, and the social and political changes wrought by the
struggle for American independence."-The Wall Street
Journal
"This slim book tells a big story: one that invites the reader to
contemplate the relationships between liberty, power, rights and
the unpredictable outcomes of human action."-Los Angeles
Times Book Review
"An elegant synthesis done by the leading scholar in the field,
which nicely integrates the work on the American Revolution over
the last three decades but never loses contact with the older,
classic questions that we have been arguing about for over two
hundred years."-Joseph J. Ellis, author of Founding
Brothers
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