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Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize

Contagion of Lib

Sponsoring Organization: Massachusetts Historical Society
Award Level: Winner | Award Year: 2023
Winner(s): The Contagion of Liberty: The Politics of Smallpox in the American Revolution, by Andrew M. Wehrman

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Andrew M. Wehrman
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Andrew M. Wehrman

Andrew M. Wehrman is an associate professor of history at Central Michigan University. A winner of the Walter Muir Whitehill Prize in Early American History, his writing has appeared in The New England Quarterly, The Boston Globe, and The Washington Post.

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