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Jeffrey Frank

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Worked as senior editor at The New Yorker. Also worked for The Washington Post.

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Jeffrey Frank Well, you just keep staring at the page (or the screen), and eventually it gives in, Usually.
Jeffrey Frank It's hard for me to answer this because I write fiction and non-fiction. But I can say that writing narrative non-fiction is the easy part--the hard p…moreIt's hard for me to answer this because I write fiction and non-fiction. But I can say that writing narrative non-fiction is the easy part--the hard part is researching and fact-checking the material, which ends up leaving me with a great historical puzzle. The writing is trying to solve the puzzle--or puzzles.
There are many great things about writing fiction--the chance to try to understand things, and the chance to use language to express ideas and emotions. That's also the worst thing about being a writer--it's so easy to screw it up!(less)
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When I do readings, I love to get questions about the Eisenhower-Nixon relationship--which usually make me think about another way to look back.
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The Trials of Harry S. Truman by Jeffrey Frank
"This is a fresh look at Harry Truman. Pulling information from many archives, all over the world, this book shows a broader view of Truman. From his deep loyalties to family and friends, to his gut reactions to things that need to be done, this is a " Read more of this review »
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"Mr. Frank in this new biography of President Truman paints a very human portrait of the only man in human history to make the decision to use atomic weapons. Truman is all too human with great facility to love, hate, try, fail, and above all be decis" Read more of this review »
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“In 1959, Vice-President Nixon, speaking to members of California’s Commonwealth Club, was asked if he’d like to see the parties undergo an ideological realignment—the sort that has since taken place—and he replied, “I think it would be a great tragedy . . . if we had our two major political parties divide on what we would call a conservative-liberal line.” He continued, “I think one of the attributes of our political system has been that we have avoided generally violent swings in Administrations from one extreme to the other. And the reason we have avoided that is that in both parties there has been room for a broad spectrum of opinion.” Therefore, “when your Administrations come to power, they will represent the whole people rather than just one segment of the people.”
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“There are times in world history when it is far wiser to act than to hesitate,” and “there is some risk involved in action—there always is. But there is far more risk in failure to act.”
Jeffrey Frank, The Trials of Harry S. Truman: The Extraordinary Presidency of an Ordinary Man, 1945-1953

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