History Matters
This tidy little volume...has unusual virtues. The pieces are warm, inviting. The language is conversational ... It makes for charming reading.
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McCullough loved to tell a story and, in his polished and accessible style, he always told a good one ... Some of the most interesting portions of this new collection, History Matters, are his descriptions of how he developed a fascination for a subject, or more often, simply stumbled on it ... McCullough [was] an urbane, courtly believer in history as a living, breathing, ever-evolving thing.
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Enjoyable ... McCullough’s remarks display concerns about the consequences of historical illiteracy. His pieces also illustrate the power of helping out younger writers and connecting with them.
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