Biography is not the place for "debunking," although in recent years there has been a trend in that direction. Why would a biographer wish to spend his days of work giving vent to anger or carrying on a literary association with a person he despises? Yet some enjoy this and write bestsellers.
Doris Ricker Marston, A Guide to Writing History, 1996
Doris Ricker Marston, A Guide to Writing History, 1996
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