The REPORTER WHO WOULD BE KING: A BIOGRAPHY OF RICHARD HARDING DAVIS
by Arthur Lubow
Book Summary Information
Author: Arthur LubowEdition: Board book
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1992-07-20
ISBN: 068419404X
Number of pages: 448
Publisher: Scribner
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Book Review: A flattering vision of a time, a snide portrait of a man.
Summary: 3 Stars
I know less about the times of Richard Harding Davis than I should, and was pleased to learn a little of it by peaking over his well-clothed shoulder. I would, however, enjoyed learning about the character of RHD more if the author liked him better. There's certainly something to be said for a biographical author who is not also a sycophant, but there's also something to be said for having at least a modicum of respect for your target. Yes, RHD certainly seemed silly, prissy, pretentious, sentimental, overdressed, and moderately rediculous - in fact, a charicature of his own public persona - but I would quite like to have figured that out for myself without Lublow constantly, and in so many words, calling the man ridiculous. He certainly wrote the rest of the book well enough that we would have figured it out for ourselves.
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