One of the half dozen most important books ever written about the American Revolution.-New York Times Book Review "During the nearly two decades since its publication, this book has set the pace, furnished benchmarks, and afforded targets for many subsequent studies. If ever a work of history merited the appellation 'modern classic,' this is surely one.-William and Mary Quarterly"[A] brilliant and sweeping interpretation of political culture in the Revolutionary generation.-New England Quarterly"This is an admirable, thoughtful, and penetrating study of one of the most important chapters in American history.-Wesley Frank Craven | The Creation of the American Republic 1776-1787 by Gordon S. Wood, Paperback | Indigo Chapters