H. W. Brands - I had this grand plan for writing the history of the United States in six volumes. Th...

H. W. Brands Zitate

I had this grand plan for writing the history of the United States in six volumes. This was in the mid-1990s; I was fairly young and very ambitious. I pitched it to a publisher, who just laughed at me.

H. W. Brands

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Ich hatte diesen großartigen Plan, die Geschichte der Vereinigten Staaten in sechs Bänden zu schreiben. Dies war Mitte der 1990er Jahre. Ich war ziemlich jung und sehr ehrgeizig. Ich stellte es einem Verleger vor, der mich nur ausgelacht hatte.

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