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Gordon S. Wood, eminent historian of the American Revolution, dies at 92

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author explored fundamental questions about what it means to be an American. In a Pulitzer-winning book, “The Radicalism of the American Revolution,” he wrote that the colonists rose up against an entire worldview, not just against taxation.
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  • The Pulitzer Prize-winning author explored fundamental questions about what it means to be an American. He died Sunday after being struck by a car. S1
  • In a Pulitzer-winning book, “The Radicalism of the American Revolution,” he wrote that the colonists rose up against an entire worldview, not just against taxation. S2
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