A Friend’s Tribute to Gordon Wood: “An Exceptionally Honest Observer of a Society Moving Toward Perfection at a Very Slow, Deliberate Pace.”

by Ray Rickman

Editor’s Note: On June 7, the legendary historian Gordon Wood died after being struck by a car in East Providence. He was 92 years old. Wood taught at Brown University for 39 years. He was the author of ten books, and a recipient of the [...]