Norman B. (Norman Barton) Wood

Born in 1857, Norman B. Wood—also known as Norman Barton Wood—was an American author, lecturer, and Baptist minister. He lived in Aurora, Illinois, and published books during a period when religion, reform, race, and public speaking often overlapped.

Wood is remembered for writing about African American and Native American subjects in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Because his books were shaped by the viewpoints of his time, they can offer modern listeners both a window into the past and a chance to think critically about how those stories were framed.

He died in 1933. Today, his work is mainly of interest to readers and listeners curious about American social history, religious writing, and the literary record of an earlier age.