Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Ronald Wright
Born: 1948 (age 76)
Bio: Ronald Wright is a Canadian author who has written books of travel, history and fiction. His nonfiction includes the bestseller Stolen Continents, winner of the Gordon Montador Award and chosen as a book of the year by the Independent and the Sunday Times.
Known for:
- A Short History of Progress (2004)
- The Gold Eaters: A Novel (2015)
- Stolen continents (1992)
- A Scientific Romance (1997)
- What is America? (2008)