defies storybook simplicity at a that is usually the way history happens. i think the quote is the most cogent of ever heard. rick does a tremendous job himself and it s true. know historic event happens in a vacuum. it s tied to many other things. and that s the fascination in research and writing on narrative, nonfiction, history. what i read a quote from you as well, and this is from 2021 in the cleburne times review. a lot of people no longer want to buy nonfiction to learn things. they want nonfiction books to reflect what they already believe. want books to reinforce their opinions. they want books that tell them everything they believe is absolutely right and that the other side is even worse than they thought. if you take a look at the bestseller list for nonfiction, for the last several years, there s three categories. generally represented. the first books by political commentators who are associated in the public mind with one side or the other, talking about how t
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a fog of cross-cut motives and narratives, the complexity that defies storybook simplicity at a that is usually the way history happens. i think the quote is the most cogent of ever heard. rick does a tremendous job himself and it s true. know historic event happens in a vacuum. it s tied to many other things. and that s the fascination in research and writing on narrative, nonfiction, history. what i read a quote from you as well, and this is from 2021 in the cleburne times review. a lot of people no longer want to buy nonfiction to learn things. they want nonfiction books to reflect what they already believe. want books to reinforce their opinions. they want books that tell them everything they believe is absolutely right and that the other side is even worse than they thought. if you take a look at the bestseller list for nonfiction, for the last several years, there s three categories. generally represented. the first books by political commentators who are associated in
my goal has always been doing right books that capture the sweep of american history from the final settling of the west to present-day. each of these subjects are something we remember. people tend to remember them in different ways. a lot of the time, they want to miss rather than fact. i have always thought the facts are more interesting than anything that could be made up. let s use manson as an example. what i wanted to do was write about the late 1960 s in america. in terms of a chaotic time, it makes today look peaceful, where we are all living in unison. to write about that era you need someone or something from that era that will make readers want to pick up the book and open it. for better or worse, charlie manson represented a lot about the late 1960 s. the culture at the time. the things people wanted to talk about. the things people got obsessed with. so, i wrote a book about manson. but it s really about the late 1960 s. everyone you named is representative of
test test test test cspan test test for that you have written about. my goal has always been doing right books that capture the sweep of american history from the final settling of the west to present-day. each of these subjects are something we remember. people tend to remember them in different ways. a lot of the time, they want to miss rather than fact. i have always thought the facts are more interesting than anything that could be made up. let s use manson as an example. what i wanted to do was write about the late 1960 s in america. in terms of a chaotic time, it makes today look peaceful, where we are all living in unison. to write about that era you need someone or something from that era that will make readers want to pick up the book and open it. for better or worse, charlie manson represented a lot about the late 1960 s. the culture at the time. the things people wanted to talk about. the things people got obsessed with. so, i wrote a book about manson. but it s
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