CSPAN Q A December 28, 2013
But somebody needs to carve it out. And he died short shortly there after and oxford turned to me and said, how would you like to be the guy to carve it out. Thats how i got involve in this project. How much did you have to write yourself . About 20 of the book. He had 250,000 words. My job, all they wanted was 150,000. I boiled it down to 120,000 of his words and added 30,000 of my own words as well as, what, 1400 footnotes and extensive bibliography and, you know, i knew what i was getting into for three years down the road. And, indeed, its been every bit as challenging as i thought it woul...