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RE: Book Review: Truman | David McCullough
Pretty fast paced and well-prosed review my friend. LOL, I had to laugh at pretty much the first line most surprising upset till 2016. That was an awesome start to a great review. I take it that I need to pick this one up. I actually usually enjoy eventful biographies, sometimes truth is stranger and more exciting than fiction.
I've been reading a lot more biographies these past few weeks than I used to. David McCullough is an amazing writer. And even beyond that I'm developing an appreciation for history with such a narrow focus. My TBR list has expanded with a bunch of biographies.
I thought that was a pretty good line myself. :-) Wasn't it Mark Twain who said something along the lines of "Fiction has one sole requirement over reality; it must be realistic." or was that Hemingway? Some cogent American, anyway.
lol, it sounds like it could be twain. He was a real interesting character. On quote of his that I love was in response to some editors trying to correct his grammar, he basically told them to keep their thoughts inside the mush of their decayed brains....