Author: Fred Kaplan

Quotes

Political history is not the only way to approach historical figures.

Political history is not the only way to approach historical figures.

- Fred Kaplan

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

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

- Fred Kaplan

Is there really any relationship between artists' personal conduct and their art? Certainly not.

Is there really any relationship between artists' personal conduct and their art? Certainly not.

- Fred Kaplan

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.

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

With all due respect to re-enactors, I consider the Civil War too tragic a subject to make a game of.

With all due respect to re-enactors, I consider the Civil War too tragic a subject to make a game of.

- Fred Kaplan

Lincoln is a genius of language and a brilliant writer who deserves to be seen as part of the canon of great writers in American literature.

Lincoln is a genius of language and a brilliant writer who deserves to be seen as part of the canon of great writers in American literature.

- Fred Kaplan

'Colonel Roosevelt' is compelling reading, and Morris a brilliant biographer who practices his art at the highest level.

'Colonel Roosevelt' is compelling reading, and Morris a brilliant biographer who practices his art at the highest level.

- Fred Kaplan

Obama is a very fine writer with an excellent command of language. His memoir 'Dreams From My Father' is a fine book, but it will not rank as one of the great autobiographies.

Obama is a very fine writer with an excellent command of language. His memoir 'Dreams From My Father' is a fine book, but it will not rank as one of the great autobiographies.

- Fred Kaplan

A recommendation to scholars: Write only one book about Lincoln; give it your best shot, and then move on.

A recommendation to scholars: Write only one book about Lincoln; give it your best shot, and then move on.

- Fred Kaplan

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