Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Paul Fussell
Born: March 22, 1924
Died: May 23, 2012 (aged 88)
Bio: Paul Fussell, Jr. was an American cultural and literary historian, author and university professor. His writings cover a variety of topics, from scholarly works on eighteenth-century English literature to commentary on America's class system.
Known for:
- The Great War and Modern Memory (1975)
- Thank God for the Atom Bomb (1988)
- The boy's crusade (2003)
- Wartime (1989)
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