Hemingway Didnt Say That

Posted on 13 August 2017 by Garson O'Toole

Extensive and brilliant investigations a tour de force of detective work Mr O Toole is a beacon of accuracy who should inspire all readers who prefer their facts real rather than phony Wall Street JournalEverywhere you look, you ll find viral quotable wisdom attributed to icons ranging from Abraham Lincoln to Mark Twain, from Cicero to Woody Allen But often than not, these attributions are false.Garson O Toole the Internet s foremost investigator into the dubious origins of our most repeated quotations, aphorisms, and everyday sayings collects his efforts into a first ever encyclopedia of corrective popular history Containing an enormous amount of original research, this delightful compendium presents information previously unavailable to readers, writers, and scholars It also serves as the first careful examination of what causes misquotations and how they spread across the globe.Using the massive expansion in online databases as well as old fashioned gumshoe archival digging, O Toole provides a fascinating study of our modern abilities to find and correct misinformation As Carl Sagan did not say, Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. New Download [ Hemingway Didnt Say That ] by [ Garson O'Toole ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Remember that kid, Jared , in Miss Willoughby s sixth grade class who kept raising his hand to let the rest of the class know how smart he was Whether it was the name of Alexander s horse or special uses of the semi colon, he couldn t wait to share.If you can t get over that, you won t be able to enjoy Garson O Toole s book.There is a tremedous amount of reasearch that went into hunting down the origins the true origins of a bushel of familiar quotations I found it eddifying is small Remember that kid, Jared , in Miss Willoughby s sixth grade class who kept raising his hand to let the rest of the class know how smart he was Whether it was the name of Alexander s horse or special uses of the semi colon, he couldn t wait to share.If you can t get over that, you won...DNF at 78%I really tried.I like quotes The wisdom of great writers and thinkers can often serve as time honored lessons about life, people and relationships.I do not like learning that people I ve been quoting did not actually coin the phrases they re famous for saying, but knowing is better than not knowing.HEMINGWAY DIDN T SAY THAT is a Snopes for some famous quotes I found reading it on Kindle to be cumbersome, because of the layout Quotes had links to the information dispelling the most common origin belief, whic I like quotes The wisdom of great writers and thinkers can often serve as time honored lessons about life, people and relationships.I do not like learning that people I ve been quoting did not actually coin the phrases they re famous for saying, but knowing is better ...I got this for free on my Kindle First program throughI like using that program to read books I may otherwise not This is an easy read, divided into categories like a real quote assigned to the wrong person, a summary of a sentiment, just plain wrong, etc I m paraphrasing This guy does his research and you can tell he loves it, as evidenced by his lengthy citations at the end of each chapter It s overall really interesting to learn the history of famous quotes, but it s presented i I got this for free on my Kindle First program throughI like using that program to read books I may otherwise not This is an easy read, divided into categories like a real quote assigned to the wrong person, a summary of a sentiment, just plain wrong, etc I m paraphrasing This guy does his research and you can tell he loves it, as evidenced by his lengthy citations at the end of each chapter It s overall really interesting to learn the his...I love quotationsThis is not a book for a person who just casually likes quotes You need to want to know the origins, the details, the history of the usage to enjoy the book The author often gives the earliest usage at the be...College Reference BookThe best thing I can say for this book is that it could be used as a reference book for a VERY boring college course.Nowadays, quotes attributed to famous persons, have spread far and wide on an everyday basis due to the internet People attach quotes as a signature to their emails Others, email a quote everyday to their hundreds of contacts As a result, all of us get to know wise everyday sayings, aphorisms or quotes by eminent people But, we hardly pause to think about the origins of these familiar quotations and how correct our assumptions are, regarding the correctness of their attributions This book s Nowadays, quotes attributed to famous persons, have spread far and wide on an everyday basis due to the internet People attach quotes as a signature to their emails Others, email a quote everyday to their hundreds of contacts As a result, all of us get to know wise everyday sayings, aphorisms or quotes by eminent people But, we hardly pause to think about the origins of these familiar quotations and how correct our assumptions are, regarding the correctness of their attributions This book s author, Garson O Toole, is the creator of the website Quote Investigator It invest...Hey A free Kindle First book that s not a sappy romance novel This book is moderately interesting, but I think part of the problem is although falsely attributed quotes on facebook bother me, I didn t find the chronological excerpting of these quotes as they wound up in their current form very interesting.Another problem is that many of the initial misattributions are just so clearly WRONG, that it doesn t seem worth the effort to point it out Two examples from about midway through the book Hey A free Kindle First book that s not a sappy romance novel This book is moderately interesting, but I think part of the problem is although falsely attributed quotes on facebook bother me, I didn t find the chronological excerpting of these quotes as they wound up in their current form very interesting.Another problem is that many of the initial misattributions are just so clearly WRONG, that it doesn t seem worth the effort to point it out Two examples from about midway through the book come to mind 1 Be Kind Everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle This quote is apparently often misattributed to Plato I have not seen it attributed to Plato, but have seen it misattributed to C.S Lewis before I almost chuckled when I saw the attribution Why The sentiment in this quote just doesn t fit with the person of Plato, nor would it plausibly ...2.5 starsI don t really know what I was expecting from this book, but what I got definitely wasn t close to it It was clear that O Toole did his research when it came to the quotes that were presented in this book But there were ti...What a disappointment this book was, although since I got it fromfor free as part of my Prime membership, I shouldn t complain too much As a librarian, I love the art of research, especially as it pertains to language In this collection, the author sets the stage by explaining how he came to track down the derivation of familiar quotes, often debunking accepted wisdom, occasionally unable to get a definitive answer I started the first case Good artists copy great artists steal wit What a disappointment this book was, although since I got it fromfor free as part of my Prime membership, I shouldn t complain too much As a librarian, I love the art of research, especially as it pertains to language In...

13 August 2017

Garson O'Toole