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Presidential book endorsement ... How cool is that?

"Bestselling Author, James D. Best just wrote what will quickly be considered one of the BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR (Maybe the BEST!). Entitled Maelstrom , he understands me, perhaps better  than I understand myself. James D. Best explains it all, and better than ever before! GET HIS HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT BOOK, NOW. Thank you!!! President Abraham Lincoln." The greatest rivalry in American history. P.S. Thank you for using a younger photograph for your cover.

Fiction’s Role in History

History is something you don’t mess with. Or, at least, you shouldn’t. Something happened. Whatever it was, it was in the past and cannot be changed. People living in the present need to know what happened in the past, so historians document and teach history. If what a person communicates did not happen as told, then it is fiction. If historic events happened precisely as told, but the narrator depicts undisclosed motives, thoughts, or words of the participants, then it remains fiction. History is an attributed description of what happened; fiction is storytelling. Storytelling is powerful. Philip Pullman said, “Thou shall not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever.” War and Peace , Uncle Tom's Cabin , Gone with the Wind , Animal Farm , Les Misérables , The Pillars of the Earth and many more attest to Pullman’s wisdom. Presenting history as a story leaves an enduring impression on the reader's mind. It should be the correct impression. This is why the historic...