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George Plimpton
 
Date of birth: 18 March 1927
Date of death: 25 September 2003
Country Of Origin: America
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" A compassionate side of the man that I never knew-a letter to Dominick Dunne, whom he scarcely knew, helping him through a crisis, his relationship with Kate Harrington. "

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" He was interviewed in the early '60s by a young novelist, Pati Hill. "

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" I am astonished at the reaction of people when Truman's name is mentioned-an eagerness to know more about him, his life, his contemporaries. "

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" I remember being awed by it - the uniqueness and nicety of style - and I suspect I was a bit jealous because we were more or less of the same generation. "

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" I think people are aware of how varied and interesting his life was-always at the center of things-as well as aspects of his decline. "

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" In brief, an oral biography consists of edited transcripts stitched together in chronological order to form a seamless whole. "

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" Island. I often saw him at dinner parties and house parties - often in Florida where he stayed with the Loel Guinesses in Manalapan. "

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" It is also one of the pleasures of oral biography, in that the reader, rather than editor, is jury. "

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" My favorite monologue in the book is Kate Harrington's story of her relationship with Truman. "

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" That is one of the problems with oral biography, in that many different points of view are offered: contradictions, refutations, and so on. "

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" The New York Times published the guest list on the front page. The masks were a brilliant concept. "

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" The success of the stage play Tru is indicative of the profound curiosity the public still holds for Truman-a small town boy who made it and then succumbed to the vicissitudes of fame. "

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" Truman struck me as a perfect subject for an oral biography, namely someone who has moved through a considerable strata of contemporaries: from murderers to the highest level of society. "

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