On the Fact that Alexis de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America" Has a Minuscule Percentage of the Customer Reviews (on Amazon) that Bill O'Reilly's and Rush Limbaugh's Books Have
I have heard the man, Rusty. Based on that, after 40 years as a member of the History Book Club, I terminated them when they began offering his books. My personal library contains over a thousand books about history, including de Tocqueville's, of course. I did not judge O'Reilly's and Limbaugh's books, just observed that Tocquevill has been read internationally for over a hundred years, while the other two 'historians' are read by a specific audience. If offering an observation qualifies as judging, well, that is your perception.
IMO, de Tocqueville wrote for a wider audience.
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ReplyDeleteHave you actually read any of O'Reilly's books? If not are you qualified to judge them?
I have heard the man, Rusty. Based on that, after 40 years as a member of the History Book Club, I terminated them when they began offering his books. My personal library contains over a thousand books about history, including de
ReplyDeleteTocqueville's, of course. I did not judge O'Reilly's and Limbaugh's books, just
observed that Tocquevill has been read internationally for over a hundred years,
while the other two 'historians' are read by a specific audience. If offering an
observation qualifies as judging, well, that is your perception.
I've read them. And I'm not objecting to their summary here.
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