From The Atlantic, February 1936 issue:
“MR. SULLIVAN’S vivacious history of the times we all remember is brought to a happy and hilarious conclusion in his chronicle of the Twenties. A realist in the most realistic of professions, Mr. Sullivan’s first concern is for accuracy, and the pains he takes to be accurate he very accurately states. First he prepares a deliberate and careful version of the events of a chapter. Then, printing fifty copies, he distributes them to as many participants in the events described; squares the replies with every existing record; balances every man’s testimony against his own card-catalogue memory; and then, with a knowledge practically as complete as his Maker’s, he retells the story of a fraction of his Maker’s universe. It is admirable practice, much to be recommended to the guerrilla historian of the day who uses his facts to garnish his theory. The result is conscientious, workmanlike, thoroughgoing, exact. It is everything but true.”
*Page discoloration, worn edges, good used condition - former library copy.
From The Atlantic, February 1936 issue:
“MR. SULLIVAN’S vivacious history of the times we all remember is brought to a happy and hilarious conclusion in his chronicle of the Twenties. A realist in the most realistic of professions, Mr. Sullivan’s first concern is for accuracy, and the pains he takes to be accurate he very accurately states. First he prepares a deliberate and careful version of the events of a chapter. Then, printing fifty copies, he distributes them to as many participants in the events described; squares the replies with every existing record; balances every man’s testimony against his own card-catalogue memory; and then, with a knowledge practically as complete as his Maker’s, he retells the story of a fraction of his Maker’s universe. It is admirable practice, much to be recommended to the guerrilla historian of the day who uses his facts to garnish his theory. The result is conscientious, workmanlike, thoroughgoing, exact. It is everything but true.”
*Page discoloration, worn edges, good used condition - former library copy.
