UM: Book Review

The Washington Post publishes a book review by UM professor Nick Delbanco of “Valley Forge,” a new novel by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen: “The large cast of characters – Martha Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, Mad Anthony Wayne among them – are vividly rendered, and the research rings true. Historical figures and invented ones interact quite plausibly, too. But there’s a connection between clarity of thought and clarity of diction; a thing worth saying is worth saying well. This ‘Contract With America’ has so many suspect clauses and contingencies in its fine print that my best advice is: Reader, beware.” [Source]