Hemingway Didnt Say That, Garson OToole
Hemingway Didnt Say That, Garson OToole
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Hemingway Didn't Say That
The Truth Behind Familiar Quotations

Author: Garson O'Toole

Narrator: Mel Foster

Unabridged: 8 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 04/01/2017


Synopsis

”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 more 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.”

About Garson O'Toole

Garson O’Toole has researched the origins of familiar quotations for years at www.quoteinvestigator.com. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Slate, USA Today, and many other publications.


Reviews

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......more

"For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn." I am sure most of us are familiar with the above "short-short" story, reportedly written by Ernest Hemingway as part of a bet during a luncheon, to write a heartbreaking short story in six words. The minimalist author immediately penned the above tale of hope......more

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......more

Goodreads review by Sue

I love quotations This 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 beginning of each chapter, so if you only want to know that you can skip to......more