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OK, I started this article, which I know is still stubbish and can use some cleaning and enhancing. Please feel free to contribute.
(I had been meaning to get to this article anyhow, but starting it on MLK Day seemed appropriate.)
KConWiki ( talk) 21:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
Haha that makes sense, it looks real good now. nice job. Sweat1nce ( talk) 22:45, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
This sentence (an important one) got removed, with the rationale that it was plagiarism. In what way is it plagiaristic? What source is allegedly being plagiarized? There are only so many ways of stating that two books won the History Pulitzer that year...
It shared the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for History with James McPherson's history of the American Civil War, Battle Cry of Freedom. [1]
KConWiki ( talk) 20:30, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
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I've only read the first of the three volumes, Parting the Waters. I was struck by the extensive use of direct quotation to report private conversations and semi-public meetings. This was due to Branch's use of wiretaps, bugs, and police reports. I wonder if this is an innovative use of such sources. If so, it would deserve mention in the article. Direct quotation of private conversations is less commonly used in historical writing than in docudrama, to lend the latter an air of verisimilitude, and it is striking to see it put to use in an actual history. Larry Koenigsberg ( talk) 05:07, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
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OK, I started this article, which I know is still stubbish and can use some cleaning and enhancing. Please feel free to contribute.
(I had been meaning to get to this article anyhow, but starting it on MLK Day seemed appropriate.)
KConWiki ( talk) 21:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
Haha that makes sense, it looks real good now. nice job. Sweat1nce ( talk) 22:45, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
This sentence (an important one) got removed, with the rationale that it was plagiarism. In what way is it plagiaristic? What source is allegedly being plagiarized? There are only so many ways of stating that two books won the History Pulitzer that year...
It shared the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for History with James McPherson's history of the American Civil War, Battle Cry of Freedom. [1]
KConWiki ( talk) 20:30, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
References
I've only read the first of the three volumes, Parting the Waters. I was struck by the extensive use of direct quotation to report private conversations and semi-public meetings. This was due to Branch's use of wiretaps, bugs, and police reports. I wonder if this is an innovative use of such sources. If so, it would deserve mention in the article. Direct quotation of private conversations is less commonly used in historical writing than in docudrama, to lend the latter an air of verisimilitude, and it is striking to see it put to use in an actual history. Larry Koenigsberg ( talk) 05:07, 1 January 2020 (UTC)