Andrew Scott Berg is an American biographer. After graduating from Princeton University in 1971, Berg expanded his senior thesis on editor Maxwell Perkins into a full-length biography, Max Perkins: Editor of Genius, which won a National Book Award. His second book Goldwyn: A Biography was published in 1989. Wikipedia
Born: December 4, 1949 , Norwalk, Connecticut, United States
Education: Princeton University (1967–1971), Palisades Charter High School
Partner: Kevin McCormick
Parents: Dick Berg, Barbara Freedman
Siblings: Tony Berg, Jeffrey S. Berg, Rick Berg
Born: December 4, 1949 , Norwalk, Connecticut, United States
Education: Princeton University (1967–1971), Palisades Charter High School
Partner: Kevin McCormick
Parents: Dick Berg, Barbara Freedman
Siblings: Tony Berg, Jeffrey S. Berg, Rick Berg
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I read my first book on Woodrow Wilson at age 15, and I was hooked.I read my first book on Woodrow Wilson at age 15, and I was hooked.0 Reacties 0 aandelen 3K Views 0 voorbeeldPlease log in to like, share and comment!
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I think it is important for readers to know that it is possible to bring intellectualism and idealism to the White House and still be political enough to advance an agenda.I think it is important for readers to know that it is possible to bring intellectualism and idealism to the White House and still be political enough to advance an agenda.0 Reacties 0 aandelen 3K Views 0 voorbeeld
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When most people think of Woodrow Wilson, they see a dour minister's son who never cracked a smile, where in fact he was a man of genuine joy and great sadness.When most people think of Woodrow Wilson, they see a dour minister's son who never cracked a smile, where in fact he was a man of genuine joy and great sadness.0 Reacties 0 aandelen 3K Views 0 voorbeeld
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I am a compulsive worker. But I'm also a compulsive relaxer.I am a compulsive worker. But I'm also a compulsive relaxer.0 Reacties 0 aandelen 3K Views 0 voorbeeld
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I think a biography is only as interesting as the lives and times it illuminates.I think a biography is only as interesting as the lives and times it illuminates.0 Reacties 0 aandelen 3K Views 0 voorbeeld
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I like my subjects to be American, and not too dead, so I can interview people who knew them.I like my subjects to be American, and not too dead, so I can interview people who knew them.0 Reacties 0 aandelen 3K Views 0 voorbeeld
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I'm so blessed to have such enlightened parents. It must have been very hard to watch their able-bodied son lock himself up in his old room for most of his 20s.I'm so blessed to have such enlightened parents. It must have been very hard to watch their able-bodied son lock himself up in his old room for most of his 20s.0 Reacties 0 aandelen 3K Views 0 voorbeeld
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I developed a mania for Fitzgerald - by the time I'd graduated from high school I'd read everything he'd written. I started with 'The Great Gatsby' and moved on to 'Tender Is the Night,' which just swept me away. Then I read 'This Side of Paradise,' his novel about Princeton - I literally slept with that book under my pillow for two years.I developed a mania for Fitzgerald - by the time I'd graduated from high school I'd read everything he'd written. I started with 'The Great Gatsby' and moved on to 'Tender Is the Night,' which just swept me away. Then I read 'This Side of Paradise,' his novel about Princeton - I literally slept with that book under my pillow for two years.0 Reacties 0 aandelen 3K Views 0 voorbeeld
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There are hundreds of books about Woodrow Wilson, but I have an image of him in my mind that is unlike any picture I have seen anywhere else, based on material at Princeton and 35 years of researching and thinking about him.There are hundreds of books about Woodrow Wilson, but I have an image of him in my mind that is unlike any picture I have seen anywhere else, based on material at Princeton and 35 years of researching and thinking about him.0 Reacties 0 aandelen 3K Views 0 voorbeeld
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After 'Lindbergh,' my publisher asked whom I wanted to write about next. I said, 'There's one idea I've been carrying in my hip pocket for 35 years. It's Woodrow Wilson.'After 'Lindbergh,' my publisher asked whom I wanted to write about next. I said, 'There's one idea I've been carrying in my hip pocket for 35 years. It's Woodrow Wilson.'0 Reacties 0 aandelen 3K Views 0 voorbeeld
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By the '40s, Sam Goldwyn is a very serious man. By the '50s, he's the dean of American producers. To the end, he was Hollywood's gray eminence.By the '40s, Sam Goldwyn is a very serious man. By the '50s, he's the dean of American producers. To the end, he was Hollywood's gray eminence.0 Reacties 0 aandelen 3K Views 0 voorbeeld
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There is always a certain leap of faith that editors have made with their nonfiction writers. If the trust is broken, things can get very embarrassing for the writers and the publisher.There is always a certain leap of faith that editors have made with their nonfiction writers. If the trust is broken, things can get very embarrassing for the writers and the publisher.0 Reacties 0 aandelen 3K Views 0 voorbeeld
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