"How
do you write a book?" 24-year-old
Thomas Fleming asked bestselling writer Fulton
Oursler in 1951.
"Write four pages a day," Oursler said. "Every day except Sunday. Whether you feel like it or not. Inspiration consists of putting the seat of your pants on the chair at your desk."
Fleming has followed this advice to good effect. In the intervening years, he has produced an impressive number of books, including award-winning histories and best-selling novels.
As proof of his talent in both genres, he is the only writer in the history of the Book-of-the-Month Club to have had main selections in both fiction and nonfiction.
Thomas Fleming’s most recently published book is A Disease in the Public Mind, A New Understanding of Why We Fought the Civil War, to be published by Da Capo Press in May, 2013. He is currently writing Washington Vs Jefferson: The Conflict That Changed America's History.
History Titles
Thomas Fleming’s history books include gripping narratives of the personal lives of the Founding Fathers, the year 1776, the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, America’s entry into World War I, and other dramatic events of the past. Read
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Fiction Titles
One
of the main reasons Thomas Fleming began writing novels was to communicate
the reality of history as an experience. History books rarely deal
with emotion so it’s easy to forget that history was lived
by passionate, caring, conflicted people. Novels of the historical
imagination (a phrase Fleming prefers to historical novels) help
to bring the past alive. Read more
Biography of Thomas Fleming
Thomas
Fleming is an historian and historical novelist, with a special interest
in the American Revolution. A native of Jersey City, New Jersey,
he grew up during the reign of Frank Hague, the city’s legendary
mayor who was nationally known as the founder and leader of one of
the strongest big city political organizations in the country. Read more
Media & Events
Thomas
Fleming has received many awards and made many TV appearances over
the course of his long career. He is perhaps best known for his appearances
on C-SPAN and PBS. View a listing of some of those appearances and
links to the videos. Read
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