The Idea of America: Reflections on the Birth of the United States Audiobook

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• Mr. Wood is the premier student of the Founding Era.

  — Wall Street Journal

• Gordon S. Wood is more than an American historian. He is almost an American institution. Wood has done more than anyone to make the era of the Revolution and early Republic into one of the liveliest periods in American history.

  — The New York Times Book Review

• When Gordon Wood says anything about America, people listen. Especially when he talks about the lessons of history, as he has for more than half a century now.

  — Providence Journal

• Exceptional... a remarkable study of the key chapter of American history and its ongoing influence on American character.

  — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

• Cogent, beautifully written essays... A superb collection.

  — Booklist (starred review)

• It’s difficult to conjure another writer so at home in the period, so prepared to translate its brilliant strangeness for a modern audience. Sound, agenda-free analysis, gracefully presented.

  — Kirkus Reviews

• Intellectually expansive and elegantly woven, Wood’s writings are the closest thing we have to an elegant mediation between today’s readers and the founding generation. Required reading for Revolutionary War enthusiasts on all levels.

  — Library Journal

• [A] collection of nuanced, elegant essays. It’s hard to imagine a historian better trained to write on this subject.

  — American Heritage