John Lisle

And if that's the case, then how do you know –

Yeah.

You might like being a historian because it sounds like that's very similar to what I do in the historical record, not on social media, but –

You know, most, a lot of what I'm doing is following this source that cites this source that cites that source.

It's like, where's the origin of this thing?

And you can see the, it's a game of telephone.

You can see the transformation along the way.

One of my favorite examples comes from my first book.

I was writing about William Donovan, who was the head of the OSS.

And he was this really, you know, larger than life individual, a World War I war hero.

He had a Medal of Honor and all kinds of stuff.

And there was this really great quote in a book, and it was describing Donovan basically as that.

He was the kind of guy that would dance on the roof of the hotel and he would destroy these planes and whatever.

And I thought, man, that's such an exciting quote to encapsulate who he is.

So I was reading this book and I kind of, okay, I'm going to mark that quote.

I'm going to come back and see where does he, what source is this from so I can use that in my book.

So I go to the source.

It turns out it cites another book and it's like, okay, I've got to get that book.

So I go to the library.

I was teaching at Louisiana Tech at the time.