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We do ourselves a disservice when we self-servingly massage the record.

~Fred Kaplan

Topics: Disservice Massage Ourselves Record

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I started out as a writer of fiction, but nobody wanted to publish my work as a young man. So I decided to put my interest in the narrative writing of biographies.

~Fred Kaplan

Topics: Biographies Decided Fiction Interest Man Narrative Nobody Out Publish Put Started Wanted Work Writer Writing Young Young Man

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Serious biographies need to have a historical base in facts.

~Fred Kaplan

Topics: Base Biographies Facts Historical Need Serious

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I first wrote a biography of Thomas Carlyle, and it turned out I loved writing biographies and had a talent for it. I believed I had a contribution to make.

~Fred Kaplan

Topics: Believed Biographies Biography Contribution First Had Loved Make Out Talent Thomas Turned Writing Wrote

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I want to contribute to the culture and keep great writers alive by telling the stories of their lives.

~Fred Kaplan

Topics: Alive Contribute Culture Great Keep Lives Stories Telling Want Writers

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Myth and mythology often serve constructive and aspirational purposes. But they also do harm.

~Fred Kaplan

Topics: Also Constructive Harm Myth Mythology Often Purposes Serve

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The post-assassination Lincoln took on a greatly amplified importance to much of the American public, probably the president most deeply reviled in his lifetime and mostly highly regarded after his death.

~Fred Kaplan

Topics: After American American Public Amplified Death Deeply Greatly Highly His Importance Lifetime Lincoln Most Mostly Much President Public Regarded Reviled Took

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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