Presidential Historian

Mr. Dunne's status as a Presidential Historian is relatively new. His capsule biography of William Henry Harrison was published with little fanfare. This essay involved a great deal of research, most of which was done by the editors of Wikipedia (whoever they are). Mr. Dunne only added, as is his wont, a few semi-smart remarks. (Semi-smart has two meanings: (1) only mildly bright and (2) attempts to make fun of his betters, both living and dead.)

So far Mr. Dunne has not been invited on C-Span's Book TV to discuss his Presidential Biography, which is just the latest of a string of failures related to his so-called literary life.

Dunne is presently in Limbo (a location that is intimately familiar to him) and is not now taking questions from the press.

Informed sources indicate that he is thinking of forming a committee to see if there is any interest in his candidacy for the presidency. He would like to be elected long enough to dissolve Congress, and to declare that foreign policy is too difficult for Americans; and that the U. S. should now give it up, at least until its leaders could pass an eighth grade test in history.

At the same time Dunne admits he is apolitical, like the vast majority of Americans who do not vote. The last time Dunne voted he went with The Gipper, although his family had always voted for Democrats. His family had memories of the depression and of the man who saved us all , Franklin D. Roosevelt. His family was also in agreement on religion: there were no Christians among them--they were all Baptists. Christians went to the other churches in Hidalgo (POP. 100 then and now).

Dunne's next project will be announced as soon as it comes up in Wikipedia's random article, which is his current source of inspiration. Or he may return to Presidential History, if Wiki can come up with the dirt on Zachary Taylor, "Old Rough and Ready", our twelfth President.

Two Questions

The first question that arises is: What letters? Scholars agree that it's only e-mail; actual letters are very rare. There is also the matter of the author's handwriting, almost illegible in the earlier years (Mid 20th century).

The next question (possibly should have been first question): What life? The main source is the Diary begun in 1989 that is the dullest imaginable reading. The author, as a rule, did nothing, went nowhere, and by all accounts, preferred that lifestyle.