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Beschloss on writing about living vs. dead presidents
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1:58Now PlayingC-SPAN "America's Book Club" — Michael Beschloss, a presidential historian, spoke about whether it's easier to write about presidents who are living or those who have died.
"Biographers jokingly say to choose someone with no immediate relatives," he said.
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