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Jill Lepore on History

born 1966 United States

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History is the art of making an argument about the past by telling a story accountable to evidence.

Story of America: essays on origins (2014)

I never set out to study history. I only ever set out to write.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jill Lepore (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.