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Presidential historian on writing about presidents, living or dead
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1:58Now PlayingIn terms of when the book comes out, presidential historian Michael Beschloss jokes that it is easier to "choose someone with no living immediate relatives."
"No family member will ever like any book that is about the family member totally," he said. "Because it's never going to be like what they remember and people have strong ideas."
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