Quote of the day
We are turning against boys and forgetting a simple truth: that the energy, competitiveness, and corporal daring of normal, decent males is responsible for much of what is right in the world.
Mark Helprin
Born: June 28, 1947 (age 77)
Bio: Mark Helprin is an American novelist, journalist, conservative commentator, Senior Fellow of the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy, Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, and Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Known for:
- Winter's Tale (1983)
- In Sunlight and in Shadow (2012)
- A Soldier of the Great War (1991)
- Memoir From Antproof Case (1995)
- Ellis Island and Other Stories (1981)
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