# The Purpose of the Past

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- Book: [The Purpose of the Past](https://www.bookquiver.com/gordon-s-wood/the-purpose-of-the-past) ([The Purpose of the Past.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/gordon-s-wood/the-purpose-of-the-past.md))
- Authors: [Gordon S. Wood](https://www.bookquiver.com/gordon-s-wood)
- Publisher: penguin_books
- ISBN: 978-01-4311-504-5
- Pages: 336
- Published: 2009-01-27
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

An erudite scholar and an elegant writer, Gordon S. Wood has won both numerous awards and a broad readership since the 1969 publication of his widely acclaimed The Creation of the American Republic. ...