One of my favorite parts of the Grammarpalooza bonus interviews that supporters get is the guests’ book recommendations.
Ghostwriting expert Dan Gerstein provided us with three particularly good recommendations that unfortunately, didn’t make it into the podcast — a rare event that I’ve tried to rectify by posting them here.
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America, by Garry Wills
How Lincoln reached back to the Declaration of Independence to write the greatest speech in the nation’s history.
A tidbit that Dan provided from the book is that Lincoln was actually not the headliner when he gave the Gettysburg address. He spoke after someone who had already spoken for 90 minutes.
Undelivered: The Never Heard Speeches That Would Have Rewritten History, by Jeff Nussbaum
For almost every delivered speech, there exists an undelivered opposite. These second speeches provide a tantalizing, sometimes terrifying window into what could have been if not for changes of heart or momentous turns of events.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by Michael Chabon
The epic, beloved novel of two boy geniuses dreaming up superheroes in New York’s Golden Age of comics.
The Interview
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