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To put away one's own original thoughts in order to take up a book is a sin against the Holy Ghost. - Barbara Tuchman

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American author, self-trained historian, 1912-89

Author Keywords: Historian, Self-trained, Author, American

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R H Tawney, Howard Zinn, John Jortin, Thorold Rogers, Michel Foucault

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