Then there was Doonesbury, which was kind of a phenomena back then with the three panels of the front of the White House every day. At least that’s what it seemed like. Then it turned into Thirtysomething at some point? I don’t know. They had bound printed books of newspaper comics in the library so it’s mixed up in my head which were actually in the newspaper when.
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I listened rather than wathing, so can’t vouch for visual accessibility, but:
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All the strips that were in the papers were also compiled into the books. I know, I grew up reading my brother’s copies. So, they can be read in order. Trudeau just followed what was going on in the country and the world at the time. Hunter S. Thompson pretty much hated Uncle Duke, btw.
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A must-read!
I remember poetry…
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Can you stand it? Rowan Atkinson portrays H the 8th!
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From 2008.
Starring David Strathairn.
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Ohhhh, ever since I saw him in “A League of Their Own”, I became a fan.
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She is based on an actual person.
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A person who writes about historical figures - is it okay to post it here?
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I would argue that Doris Kearns Goodwin’s work relies on exactly the deep level of research and scholarship that defines an academic historian. So even when she isn’t writing directly about a specific historical figure, I’d say this is the place for her!
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I wasn’t quite sure; biographers are not often historical figures, except maybe James Boswell; I know that Mark Twain helped Ulysses S. Grant compose his memoirs (not ghosting, but actual helping), so I suppose that counts.
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For good or and ill…
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I first learned about the Mitfords in “The Proud Tower”, by Barbara Tuchman. The parallels between the sitch then and the sitch now are compelling, IMNSHO.
Me, I decided that familial “blood” is only good for finding out if one’s ancestors left one a genetic predisposition for certain characteristics, diseases, et al. I have relatives with whom I share some genetic material, but that doesn’t mean we have know or even love each other.
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… I remember he had a key role in an “X-Men” type show a few years ago
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Also…
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