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Dan Gardner Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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New York Times bestselling author and co-author of many books. My website: https://t.co/S17Y9SDxGE. My newsletter: https://t.co/XVtKxu6iVi.

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Book Cover for: Baseball: An Illustrated History, Including the Tenth Inning, Geoffrey C. Ward

Baseball: An Illustrated History, Including the Tenth Inning

Geoffrey C. Ward
Dan GardnerDan Gardner

@RobSilver i just what’s and I’m thrilled. Going tomorrow. I can’t say I grok baseball but I sure enjoyed Ken Burns’ documentary.

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Book Cover for: Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision Makers, Richard E. Neustadt

Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision Makers

Richard E. Neustadt
Dan GardnerDan Gardner

This is great. As a journalist, I've written about the trap of historical analogies, and how they can be better used. https://t.co/VvLlVunQ6l A better way for journalists to use history is to recall the advice of Ernest May and Richard Neustadt in Thinking in Time. 1/ https://t.co/oxf7HqiYu2

Paperback, 1988

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Book Cover for: F.D.R.: His Personal Letters, Early Years, Franklin D. Roosevelt

F.D.R.: His Personal Letters, Early Years

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dan GardnerDan Gardner

An assassin tries to shoot President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1933 but there's a crowd and he's very short. He stands on a rickety stool behind a tall lady with a hat. As his arm wobbles, he pulls the trigger, missing FDR but killing the mayor of Chicago. https://t.co/FV4meh2KGO

Paperback, 2010

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Book Cover for: Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, Neil Postman

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

Neil Postman
Dan GardnerDan Gardner

Neil Postman was 38 years early with Amusing Ourselves to Death. https://t.co/dRAoR5UJUA

Paperback, 2005

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