Roosevelt’s reelection campaign of 1936, written when Mrs. Some sparkle with her gift for finding what she calls “the corroborative detail” that makes a narrative “vivid and memorable.” An account of Franklin D. Tuchman so well in the writing of history. This is not to deny that many of the pieces illustrate the talents that have served Mrs. Practicing History is a true miscellany, its selections admirably wide-ranging but also uneven both in quality and interest. For it is not immediately apparent why this book needed to be published nor is it clear what sense the reader is to make of the essays, addresses, and Stray reviews here assembled. The publication of this book testifies, in its own curious way, to the strength of Barbara Tuchman’s extraordinary popularity and reputation.
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