Dreamers And Deceivers: True Stories Of The Heroes And Villains Who Made America (2014) - Plot & Excerpts
This is the kind of book which reinforces my belief that this country is racing to the bottom of the intellectual barrel.As a few other reviewers have pointed out the entire book consists of imagined, made-up events and conversations "based" on historical events. However, this fact is not revealed anywhere on the cover or in a Prologue, but rather at the very back of the book in a lengthy "footnote" chapter that reveals, practically page-by-page, all of the pretend history in the book. How many read that chapter?This book is to learning history as is "eating healthy" at McDonald's or being "into sports" by virtue of wearing an NFL team sweatshirt while lounging on the couch. It is all pretend.However, reading this book for history is worse than comparing fast food to dining, because it creates a false sense of historical knowledge, when in fact, all that has been accomplished is the reader has been fleeced for $19 +/- and Mr. Beck can watch his pile of $90 million (Forbes 2014) get higher, while the dumb sheep who buy this crap stay poor and uneducated.It is really disappointing that Mr. Beck did not include himself on the list of Deceiver's. He is, after all, among the best. Excellent read. As some others have noted, I have already thought about picking it up and reading it again ... or at least some parts. I really enjoyed the stories. Even though I was generally familiar with every subject in the book, each of the chapters brought new information to me. The book is written is a easy-to-read fashion, much like a novel and it was easy to get into each chapter and wonder how the chapter could end so quickly. Highly recommended.
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