[KC Burke]

We followed it closely in 2001-2 on FR. Quote:

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Columbia University's Board of Trustees has rescinded a major prize its selection committee had awarded to an author despite early red flags that his book on gun-ownership rights was based on flawed research.

On Friday, the university announced that its trustees had voted to rescind the prestigious Bancroft Prize given in April 2001 to former Emory University history Professor Michael Bellesiles for his book "Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture."

See:
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2002/12/17/Prize-rescinded-for-Arming-America-book/72571040162165/

Credit UPI

He invented false anti-gun research thinking he could reinvent our history.

[PerConPat]

Thanks for the info. Another “fine” PeeBS historian like his associate Doris Kearns Goodwin....