september january biographer female professors history ucla best known intimate history work man knows history early influential non biography founder day saint movement raised utah respected impoverished day saint church family drifted away years graduate work university_of_chicago married jewish national defense expert children eventually female professors history ucla best known biographies incorporate insights psychology depiction fraudulent genius improvisation described beautifully written biography work mature scholar represented genuine effort come contradictory evidence smith early life work presented fact best selling study examine evidence related accounts taken slave concluded accounts true according study richard_nixon early career demonstrated weakness written author disliked subject early life second children born utah grew miles east parents descended families influential early maternal grandfather president father bishop president swiss austrian mission assistant paternal uncle born later ninth president despite prominence family church lived poverty property debt young embarrassed house indoor early demonstrated recited lengthy poems epidemic convinced mother sister flora years older kept pace introduced school year old advanced fourth grade lost school spelling bee year old cried cried bright boy twice age spelled poem printed youth periodical juvenile instructor fourteen grew maturity religious environment included strict evening prayers knees mother closet thought wonderful social order doubted according late 1930s father headed mission activities german speaking europe mother accompanying education marriage attended year institution owned accomplished public speaker participated debate completed english literature began question core beliefs indians originated ancient palestine graduation age nineteen returned teach english demonstrated excellent potential high school begun dating classmate wrote long absence mission europe june accepted graduate studies friends assumed marry sister recently brother disliked encouraged attend university_of_chicago marry growing doubts marrying university_of_chicago earned lost faith religion entirely recalled like taking hot coat sense liberation university_of_chicago felt quickly old life continued write shortly married graduation day august native chicago son jewish immigrants alienated family family religion bright emotional graduate student international relations eventually noted expert military strategy cold war era horrified daughter impending marriage felt betrayed went chicago warn niece family strong objections consideration mother scheduled wedding chapel mother attended family man knows history composition having found temporary employment harper library university chicago began researching origins book uncle intended write scholarly biography progress goal slowed birth child rapid moves consequence husband search permanent position encouraged progress enter page draft contest literary fellowship application judged best entries continued research washington moved husband work headquarters independence missouri eventually returned utah research gaining access highly restricted materials claiming brother daughter feel guilty hell pursuit little known documents eventually attracted attention uncle painful encounter uncle promised consult materials research enlarged students notably lifelong friend mentor sounding board completed biography published following year thirty years old thesis title man knows history alludes comment speech shortly assassination presents young joseph lazy good unsuccessful treasure attempt improve family fortunes developed notion golden plates concept religious novel book based view earlier work contemporary clergyman asserts deliberate point nearly steps convinced prophet wrote escaped memory conscious created book reviews reviewers praised author research excellence literary style newsweek called book definitive biography finest sense word time praised author skill scholarship admirable detachment reviews positive especially annoyed review novelist accused stating facts regarded supported doubtful evidence wrote mixed review praised biography best book far published believed paranoid said provided adequate psychological explanations smith behavior came believe thorough psychological analysis smith essential hadn gone far direction reaction man knows history criticized beliefs slow condemn work book went second printing official periodical church said book arose doubtful sources biography interest correct knowledge history church news section news lengthy critique praised biography fine literary style denounced composite anti books gone booklet history professor historian challenged asserted cited sources supportive conclusions ignoring described news pamphlet written clever piece propaganda dismissed popular history shallow piece tried regain membership wrote friend suffered pain caused family experience man knows history published sought comfort parents brought truth ideal parent children fact come somewhat different roads certainly reflection mother sisters enthusiastic book refused read critical success south genuinely enjoyed roles wife mother believing children especially small enormously fulfilling eventually boys girl content writing project long investigation possibilities settled biography leader believed previous historians stevens enjoyed prospect rebuilding reputation biography tearing stevens champion black people timely interest era increased intensity research materials available yale_university employed wondered stevens affected psychologically physical club foot view students historiography biographers degree biography refused examine motives character traits depth personality flat interested applying theories professional study historical personalities subject especially popular mid twentieth century religion practitioners later committed theory number acquaintances helped evaluate notably developed close personal professional relationship subjected chronic mild depression sexual problems bernard employer paid bills interest psychology period heightened family problems mother attempted suicide times second cutting catholic succeeded setting fire stevens biography took better decade complete reviews published stevens book enjoyed virtually unanimous praise critics major historians civil war reconstruction era including praised biography called stevens tour force written favorable account stevens earlier criticized current urged book paperback wrote praising author writing stevens biographer commercial failure sold fewer copies going print year spent year france spent considerable energy researching writing bomb authored paperback intended college text treated influence science military technology signed contract wife research writing devil drives life sir family returned california asked edit write new introduction sir memoir rocky_mountains california immediately lost burton man described fascinating belief soon planned biography like burton fascinated religion things sexual consulted community free association burton reveal instance noted immediately burton wrote mother talked cheating stories metaphors violent negative hostile reviews devil drives life sir published chosen featured selection reviews generally positive promoted biography bizarre man bizarre wife life ucla publication acclaimed biographies allowed time lecturer history earned bachelor master degrees english woman met resistance large overwhelmingly male history faculty specialty current field aided original appointment eventual promotion professor taught larger upper division lectures american history small american political biography preferring intimate history natural subject fourth biography courses focused united_states political biography serve appropriate forum work progress period attracted studies publishers write biography entrepreneur offered advance produce manuscript told closer friend nearly completed huge manuscript young time biography little rough drafts early chapters abandoned committed writing biography understood account study jefferson virtual career living historians instance process completing volume biography jefferson won pulitzer prize decided concentrate biography private man decided build recently published articles historical controversy related reported sexual relationship jefferson slave said half sister late wife topic timely period increased national interest race sex presidential personal reasons having discovered husband conducting affair ambiguous slavery explained personal life conducting year affair slave free slaves freed virginia law force state gained permission legislature stay continue liaison slaves remained slaves prominent jefferson biographers twentieth century relied jefferson family testimony grandchildren named fathers discounted evidence alleged sexual relationship including identified jefferson father relationship reported journalist jefferson president failing win appointment president working black white documentation jefferson activities conception period children recorded discovered conceived jefferson years away months time reviews advance publisher presented summary arguments annual meeting jefferson biographer paper wrote article work progress entitled great jefferson taboo concluding relationship took place change usual practice magazine included notes sources conclusions publisher understood biography controversial house editor critical doesn know making theory fit facts instead trying explain facts fit theory pretty fascinating like working detective story doesn play fair intimate history published february main spring selection book month club tried ensure foremost jefferson scholars review book interviewed nbc today book quickly topic comment elite social literary circles political people biography immediate commercial success new_york_times bestseller list thirteen weeks jefferson sold copies copies paperback royalties adjusted inflation million dollars early century literary reviews generally positive historians critical mainstream historians long denied possibility jefferson relation common late eighteenth century visitors remarked numerous white slaves virginia richmond september rare admission stated thousands children born south educated women elite wrote families era shortly american_civil_war jefferson protecting privacy icon historians determined defend like previous jefferson biographers developed intense affection protagonist claimed dreams jefferson man wife supposed god glad man house wondered jefferson book published contacted descendants recognized account discovered fathers 1940s decided protect children racial discrimination associated descent tell children descended jefferson uncle jefferson descendants learned 1970s true descent wrote follow article grandchildren entitled thomas jefferson unknown grandchildren study historical published october magazine photographs documentary material gave donated ucla archives jefferson dna study new consensus published american controversy analyzed historiography noted bias historians assessing conflicting accounts descendants jefferson family family evidence overlooked try resolve renewed controversy modern techniques dna study descendants jefferson male line youngest son family claimed descent jefferson conducted found dna descendant matched rare male jefferson line addition tests found match line descendant january research committee commissioned operates concluded high probability jefferson father likely children listed records foundation altered exhibits tour commentary reflect jefferson children sponsored new research society academics including biographers agreed new consensus historians including associated founded dna study continue disagree richard_nixon shaping character considered range subjects new biography clear field decided return old ground richard_nixon resigned presidency shortly finished jefferson spoken formally students president liberal democrat developed fascination nixon man called plain damn thought nixon like believe charming leader interest president personal basis sons nearly drafted shortly nixon won election promise end vietnam war minute sympathetic physicians reclassified unfit military service basis nixon sought information discredit leaked pentagon papers office psychiatrist close friend associate fielding long time considered nixon assault privacy bernard publisher enthusiastic choice began work new project resigned ucla devote research including time oral history collections conducted interviews tried unsuccessfully interview knew basis nixon described letter accurate study nixon reply find evidence began think engaged homosexual relationship good friend friends tried warn topic illness november diagnosed cancer suspended research nixon son bitch wait husband death year later afterward struggled depression emerge circumstances nixon biography like total hiking family reunion unusually tired shortly diagnosed lung cancer smoked treatments pushed ahead complete nixon study children daughter law providing moral editorial support time need knowing complete biography ended manuscript nixon pre presidential years lending unfinished quality reviews richard_nixon shaping character published late received reviews enthusiastic earlier books writing questioned approach motives danger having insights tool character destruction certainly libel potentially revenge sales book disappointing reviews memoirs nixon associates recently flooded market book influential create controversial movie nixon death died months publication book death neared cancer spread brain bones experienced intense pain period visited hospital brother thomas remained practicing day saint asked blessing long estranged brother days later released note saying request blessing request return 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