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...Martin put in months of research for the novel, both in the library and auditing Reverend Peter J. Gomes’ “History of Harvard” course. His work pays off in the historical details that make Yard so captivating, like early students trudging across the yard in the snow to use outhouses, and President Eliot giving the crew team crimson neck ties—giving Harvard teams a name...
...like to look at the evolution of a place,” Martin says. “I take events in history and see how they would affect the characters...
Though he’s written about everything from servants on the Mayflower to the career of George Washington, Yard marks the first time Martin has ever written about an event he was present for—the 1969 student takeover of University Hall. Like character Will Wedge, Martin was a freshman at the time...
...tried to take myself back to some of the most dramatic stuff I’ve lived through,” Martin reflects. “There was constant rebellion in the air. The calm of today didn’t exist...
...Martin employed an old friend and Harvard classmate to help with research for the novel—Conrad Wright ’72, the director of the Massachusetts Historical Association...