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Title: They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes and Misleading Attributions by Paul F. Boller, John George ISBN: 0-19-506469-0 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Spoiling a good story
Comment: It may well be true, as Roy Howard never said (p. 51) that "too much fact checking has ruined many a good news story." But the many misquotations listed here, some very well known, often have fascinating stories in themselves. In a day when, thanks to the Internet, misquotations, urban legends, and dubious "facts" fly faster and farther than ever, this book is a very valuable resource to have around.
My major complaint with this book is that I wish it had been much longer -- for example, there are numerous quotes attributed to Winston Churchill (like the one about being a liberal when you're 25) that could stand to be debunked alongside the two included in this volume.
Still, though, it's very helpful to be able to demonstrate to folks that Lenin never said anything about "useful idiots" (p. 76), that Lincoln never made the long statement beginning, "You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift..." (p. 82), or that Voltaire never "defend[ed] to the death your right to say it" (p. 124). For those reasons alone, I would recommend this book be kept and studied by anyone who cares about truth, accuracy, and stomping urban legends to the death they deserve.
Rating: 5
Summary: Dr. George is amazing
Comment: He's my professor in college at UCO, and he's an amazing man.
This work is just an extenstion of his personality -- exacting, intelligent, and focused on what's really true rather than just what people say.
If you're at all interested in accuracy, or if you're a big fan of quotations (like I am), than this is a wonderful book for you!
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Title: Not So!: Popular Myths About America's Past from Columbus to Clinton by Paul F. Boller ISBN: 0195109724 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Unsolved Mysteries of American History : An Eye-Opening Journey through 500 Years of Discoveries, Disappearances, and Baffling Events by Paul H. Aron ISBN: 0471283681 Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: 22 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Greatest Stories Never Told : 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy by Rick Beyer ISBN: 0060014016 Publisher: HarperResource Pub. Date: 18 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Experts Speak : The Definitive Compendium of Authoritative Misinformation by Christopher Cerf, Victor Navasky ISBN: 0679778063 Publisher: Villard Books Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title: Legends & Lies of World History by R. Shenkman ISBN: 0060922559 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 July, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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