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Published · transcript-backedGary Gallagher: belief
28 Jul 2026 Lex Fridman Podcast #499 – Gary Gallagher: American Civil War, Slavery, Lincoln, Grant & Lee
“A lot of long books would make good short books, and a lot of short books would make good essays, I think.”
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- Speaker
- Gary Gallagher
- Attribution
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- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 28 Jul 2026
- Publisher
- Lex Fridman Podcast
Transcript context
…We’re making a statement today. I like a person who’s not, not always, but I like short books. I do too. I write short books. A lot of long books would make good short books, and a lot of short books would make good essays, I think. Yeah, can you… I’m sorry to be taking so many tangents ’cause you’ve written so many excellent books. How much of it is editing? Like how– or what does it take to write a good history book? What’s the process?…
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