Word: perret
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...boasted three years ago in The Nation magazine that he had counted “at least 120” errors, “large and small,” in Geoffrey Perret’s last book, “Lincoln’s War.” Perret should have been proud that McPherson—arguably the world’s leading living Civil War historian—took the time to tally all the mistakes in the volume. It places Perret a cut above the many writers who toil away in both inaccuracy and obscurity...
Instead of viewing McPherson’s faultfinding as a badge of honor, though, Perret responded to reviews of “Lincoln’s War” by leaving the reality-based community altogether...