William Safire (1929–2009)

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1. Reader's Digest

   Author of Reader's Digest Condensed Books 1987 v02, Reader's Digest Condensed Books 1984 v05, Reader's Digest Condensed Books 1979 v05

2. William Safire

   Author of Scandalmonger (Harvest Book), Coming to Terms, I Stand Corrected

3. Bruce Catton

   Author of Terrible Swift Sword, Never Call Retreat, Grant Takes Command

4. Richard Lederer

   Author of Anguished English: An Anthology Of Accidental Assaults Upon The English Language, Miracle of Language, The Play of Words

5. Gore Vidal

   Author of Lincoln, Burr, Empire

6. Robert Ludlum

   Author of The Aquitaine Progression, The Holcroft Covenant, The Chancellor Manuscript

7. Irving Wallace

   Author of The Word, The Seven Minutes, The Man

8. Richard Nixon

   Author of RN : The Memoirs of Richard Nixon, The Real War, 1999: Victory Without War

9. Shelby Foote

   Author of The Civil War, a narrative : Fort Sumter to Perryville, The Civil War, a narrative : Red River to Appomattox, The Civil War, A Narrative: Fredericksburg to Meridian

10. Allen Drury

    Author of Advise and Consent, Preserve and Protect, Come Nineveh, Come Tyre

11. Joseph J. Ellis

    Author of Founding Brothers, His Excellency: George Washington, American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson

12. David Halberstam

    Author of The Fifties, The Powers That Be, The Reckoning

13. William F. Buckley, Jr.

    Author of Stained Glass, The Lexicon: A Cornucopia of Wonderful Words for the Inquisitive Word Lover, The Unmaking of a Mayor

14. Bernard Bailyn

    Author of The Debate on the Constitution: Part One: September 1787 to February 1788, The Debate on the Constitution, Part Two: January 1788 to August 1788, To Begin the World Anew: The Genius and Ambiguities of the American Founders

15. Jeff Shaara

    Author of Gods and Generals, Rise to Rebellion, The Glorious Cause

16. Edwin Newman

    Author of Strictly Speaking, A Civil Tongue

17. Peggy Noonan

    Author of What I Saw at the Revolution: A Political Life in the Reagan Era, On Speaking Well

18. Clifton Fadiman

    Author of The Lifetime Reading Plan, The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes, Encyclopedia Britannica

19. James M. McPherson

    Author of Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, To the Best of My Ability: The American Presidents

20. Bob Woodward

    Author of The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court, The Final Days, Shadow: Five Presidents and the Legacy of Watergate