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They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, and Misleading by Boller
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- Publication Date
- 1990-06-14
- Pages
- 192
- ISBN
- 9780195064698
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195064690
ISBN-13
9780195064698
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2059956
Product Key Features
Book Title
They Never Said It : a Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, and Misleading Attributions
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Quotations, General, Books & Reading
Publication Year
1990
Genre
Literary Criticism, Reference, History
Format
Trade Paperback
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Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
8.6 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
5.6 in
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Intended Audience
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LCCN
88-022115
Reviews
"[H]ighly amusing romp through the history of spurious quote-mongering...Boller and George not only perform a valuable scholarly service, they also give us a first-rate detective story."--George E. Hopkins, International Social Science Review"This book full of spurious quotes and deliberate misattributions has a lesson for anyone who has ever nodded admiringly at a well-turned quotation that makes a partisan point with stunning effect. The lesson is to be wary of just such marvelous distillations of political wisdom. They're probably fakes...This is...a serious book, written with high good humor and solid research."--The Washington Times"An infectiously browsable book."--Booklist"One of the most pleasant surprises of the year...Not only informative but great fun."--The Newark Star-Ledger"A mother lode for writers, journalists, teachers, and others who depend on classic quotes to make their point...Not only painstakingly accurate but a joy to read."--The Oklahoma Observer"Fascinating reading. The authors have done their research well. This book is a must for political writers who want to avoid an embarrassing predicament, and it makes a great book for browsers."--The Kansas City Star"Entertaining"--The Plain Dealer, "...highly amusing romp through the history of spurious quote-mongering....Boller and George not only perform a valuable scholarly service, they also give us a first-rate detective story."--George E. Hopkins, International Social Science Review "[A] highly amusing romp through the history of spurious quote-mongering....Boller and George not only perform a valuable scholarly service, they also give us a first-rate detective story."--International Social Science Review "This book full of spurious quotes and deliberate misattributions has a lesson for anyone who has ever nodded admiringly at a well-turned quotation that makes a partisan point with stunning effect. The lesson is to be wary of just such marvelous distillations of political wisdom. They're probably fakes....This is...a serious book, written with high good humor and solid research."--The Washington Times "An infectiously browsable book."--Booklist "One of the most pleasant surprises of the year....Not only informative but great fun."--The Newark Star-Ledger, "A mother lode for writers, journalists, teachers, and others who dependon classic quotes to make their point....Not only painstakingly accurate but ajoy to read."--The Oklahoma Observer, "...highly amusing romp through the history of spurious quote-mongering....Boller and George not only perform a valuable scholarly service, they also give us a first-rate detective story."--George E. Hopkins,International Social Science Review "[A] highly amusing romp through the history of spurious quote-mongering....Boller and George not only perform a valuable scholarly service, they also give us a first-rate detective story."--International Social Science Review "This book full of spurious quotes and deliberate misattributions has a lesson for anyone who has ever nodded admiringly at a well-turned quotation that makes a partisan point with stunning effect. The lesson is to be wary of just such marvelous distillations of political wisdom. They're probably fakes....This is...a serious book, written with high good humor and solid research."--The Washington Times "An infectiously browsable book."--Booklist "One of the most pleasant surprises of the year....Not only informative but great fun."--The Newark Star-Ledger, "One of the most pleasant surprises of the year....Not only informativebut great fun."--The Newark Star-Ledger, "...highly amusing romp through the history of spuriousquote-mongering....Boller and George not only perform a valuable scholarlyservice, they also give us a first-rate detective story."--George E. Hopkins,International Social Science Review, "This book full of spurious quotes and deliberate misattributions has alesson for anyone who has ever nodded admiringly at a well-turned quotation thatmakes a partisan point with stunning effect. The lesson is to be wary of justsuch marvelous distillations of political wisdom. They're probablyfakes....This is...a serious book, written with high good humor and solidresearch."--The Washington Times, "Fascinating reading. The authors have done their research well. Thisbook is a must for political writers who want to avoid an embarrassingpredicament, and it makes a great book for browsers."--The Kansas CityStar, "A mother lode for writers, journalists, teachers, and others who depend on classic quotes to make their point....Not only painstakingly accurate but a joy to read."--The Oklahoma Observer, "Fascinating reading. The authors have done their research well. This book is a must for political writers who want to avoid an embarrassing predicament, and it makes a great book for browsers."--The Kansas City Star, "[A] highly amusing romp through the history of spurious quote-mongering....Boller and George not only perform a valuable scholarly service, they also give us a first-rate detective story."--International Social Science Review, "[H]ighly amusing romp through the history of spurious quote-mongering...Boller and George not only perform a valuable scholarly service, they also give us a first-rate detective story."--George E. Hopkins, International Social Science Review "This book full of spurious quotes and deliberate misattributions has a lesson for anyone who has ever nodded admiringly at a well-turned quotation that makes a partisan point with stunning effect. The lesson is to be wary of just such marvelous distillations of political wisdom. They're probably fakes...This is...a serious book, written with high good humor and solid research."--The Washington Times "An infectiously browsable book."--Booklist "One of the most pleasant surprises of the year...Not only informative but great fun."--The Newark Star-Ledger "A mother lode for writers, journalists, teachers, and others who depend on classic quotes to make their point...Not only painstakingly accurate but a joy to read."--The Oklahoma Observer "Fascinating reading. The authors have done their research well. This book is a must for political writers who want to avoid an embarrassing predicament, and it makes a great book for browsers."--The Kansas City Star "Entertaining"--The Plain Dealer, 'serves an important purpose in setting the record straight about certain historical figures, Hampstead & Highgate Express'an excellent source' Evening Advertiser'An infectiously browsable book.'Ray Olson'You cannot fool all the people all of the time (not Abraham Lincoln), and the authors of this carefully researched and readable treasury help to put the records as straight as they are ever likely to be. [But] sticklers for accuracy, and those who like dropping bits of useless information to liven flagging conversations, will find this a source of delight.'Manchester Evening News'well-researched'Daily Mail'an excellent source for those of us not well read enough to know even the misquotations'Evening Advertiseran amusing collection of quotations'Paul Thomas, Slough, Eton & Windsor Observer'an amusing collection of quotations'Berks & Bucks Observer'The anthology is huge fun, but is serious enough to make us think hard too.'Bath & West Evening Chronicle, "[A] highly amusing romp through the history of spuriousquote-mongering....Boller and George not only perform a valuable scholarlyservice, they also give us a first-rate detective story."--International SocialScience Review, "...highly amusing romp through the history of spurious quote-mongering....Boller and George not only perform a valuable scholarly service, they also give us a first-rate detective story."--George E. Hopkins, International Social Science Review, "One of the most pleasant surprises of the year....Not only informative but great fun."--The Newark Star-Ledger, "...highly amusing romp through the history of spurious quote-mongering....Boller and George not only perform a valuable scholarly service, they also give us a first-rate detective story."--George E. Hopkins, International Social Science Review "[A] highly amusing romp through the history of spurious quote-mongering....Boller and George not only perform a valuable scholarly service, they also give us a first-rate detective story."-- International Social Science Review "This book full of spurious quotes and deliberate misattributions has a lesson for anyone who has ever nodded admiringly at a well-turned quotation that makes a partisan point with stunning effect. The lesson is to be wary of just such marvelous distillations of political wisdom. They're probably fakes....This is...a serious book, written with high good humor and solid research."-- The Washington Times "An infectiously browsable book."-- Booklist "One of the most pleasant surprises of the year....Not only informative but great fun."-- The Newark Star-Ledger, "This book full of spurious quotes and deliberate misattributions has a lesson for anyone who has ever nodded admiringly at a well-turned quotation that makes a partisan point with stunning effect. The lesson is to be wary of just such marvelous distillations of political wisdom. They'reprobably fakes....This is...a serious book, written with high good humor and solid research."--The Washington Times
Dewey Edition
20
Dewey Decimal
080
Synopsis
An entertaining and yet thought-provoking book that sifts through hundreds of misquotations, incorrect attributions, and blatant fabrications to reveal the origins of the quotes and why they should be confined to the 'They Never Said It' file. Boller and George's ultimate 'debunking' reference work sets straight several historical records, proving amongst other things that 'Let them eat cake' was a well-worn phrase long before MarieAntoinette was born that although W. C. Fields fervently believed 'Anybody who hates children and dogs can't be all bad', credit for the quote must go to someone introducing Fields at a dinner party. They Never Said It is the perfect complement to dictionaries of quotations., Abraham Lincoln never said, "You cannot fool all the people all the time." Thomas Jefferson never said, "That government is best which governs least." And Horace Greeley never said, "Go west, young man." In They Never Said It, Paul F. Boller, Jr. and John George examine hundreds of misquotations, incorrect attributions, and blatant fabrications, outlining the origins of the quotes and revealing why we should consign them to the historical trashcan. Many of the misquotes are quite harmless. Some are inadvertent misquotes that have become popular (Shakespeare actually said, "The best part of valor is discretion"), others, the inventions of reporters embellishing a story (Franklin Roosevelt never opened a speech to a DAR group with the salutation, "My fellow immigrants"). But some of the quotes, such as Charles Darwin's supposed deathbed recantation of evolution, falsify the historical record with their blatant dishonesty. And other chillingly vicious ones, filled with virulent racial and religious prejudices, completely distort the views of the person supposedly quoted and spread distrust and hatred among the gullible. These include the forged remarks attributed to Benjamin Franklin that Jews should be excluded from America and the fabricated condemnation of Catholics attributed to Lincoln. An entertaining and thought-provoking book, They Never Said It covers a great deal of history and sets it right. Going beyond a mere catalog of popular misconceptions, Boller and George reveal how rightists and leftists, and atheists and evangelists all have at times twisted and even invented the words of eminent figures to promote their own ends. The ultimate debunking reference, it perfectly complements handbooks of quotations., Abraham Lincoln never said, "You cannot fool all the people all the time." Thomas Jefferson never said, "That government is best which governs least." And Horace Greeley never said, "Go west, young man." In They Never Said It , Paul F. Boller, Jr. and John George examine hundreds of misquotations, incorrect attributions, and blatant fabrications, outlining the origins of the quotes and revealing why we should consign them to the historical trashcan. Many of the misquotes are quite harmless. Some are inadvertent misquotes that have become popular (Shakespeare actually said, "The best part of valor is discretion"), others, the inventions of reporters embellishing a story (Franklin Roosevelt never opened a speech to a DAR group with the salutation, "My fellow immigrants"). But some of the quotes, such as Charles Darwin's supposed deathbed recantation of evolution, falsify the historical record with their blatant dishonesty. And other chillingly vicious ones, filled with virulent racial and religious prejudices, completely distort the views of the person supposedly quoted and spread distrust and hatred among the gullible. These include the forged remarks attributed to Benjamin Franklin that Jews should be excluded from America and the fabricated condemnation of Catholics attributed to Lincoln. An entertaining and thought-provoking book, They Never Said It covers a great deal of history and sets it right. Going beyond a mere catalog of popular misconceptions, Boller and George reveal how rightists and leftists, and atheists and evangelists all have at times twisted and even invented the words of eminent figures to promote their own ends. The ultimate debunking reference, it perfectly complements handbooks of quotations., Abraham Lincoln never said, "You cannot fool all the people all the time." Thomas Jefferson never said, "That government is best which governs least." And Horace Greeley never said, "Go west, young man." In They Never Said It, Paul F. Boller, Jr. and John George examine hundreds of misquotations, incorrect attributions, and blatant fabrications, outlining the origins of the quotes and revealing why we should consign them to the historical trashcan. Many of the misquotes are quite harmless. Some are inadvertent misquotes that have become popular (Shakespeare actually said, "The best part of valor is discretion"), others, the inventions ofreporters embellishing a story (Franklin Roosevelt never opened a speech to a DAR group with the salutation, "My fellow immigrants"). But some of the quotes, such as Charles Darwin's supposed deathbed recantation of evolution, falsify the historical record with their blatant dishonesty. And other chillingly vicious ones, filled with virulent racial and religious prejudices, completely distort the views of the person supposedly quoted and spread distrust and hatred among the gullible. Theseinclude the forged remarks attributed to Benjamin Franklin that Jews should be excluded from America and the fabricated condemnation of Catholics attributed to Lincoln. An entertainingand thought-provoking book, They Never Said It covers a great deal of history and sets it right. Going beyond a mere catalog of popular misconceptions, Boller and George reveal how rightists and leftists, and atheists and evangelists all have at times twisted and even invented the words of eminent figures to promote their own ends. The ultimate debunking reference, it perfectly complements handbooks of quotations.
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