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William E. Dodd

About the Author

William Edward Dodd (1869-1940) was a historian and served as United States Ambassador to Germany during the Nazi era. His diaries were used as evidence in the Nuremberg trials. Born in North Carolina, he became the first college professor devoted to studies of the American South. His writings include biographies of Thomas Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, and Woodrow Wilson.

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