Yahoo! News - Populist Historian Ambrose Dies
I met Stephen Ambrose when he came to my high school to talk about the Lewis and Clark expedition. His lecture was so accessible and entertaining that even the usual slackers and rowdies in the class remembered it.
We wanted to get a brief interview with him for the paper but of course he was a busy man. I got a handshake on his way out.
It’s sad that his last years had the accusations of plagiarism casting aspersions on his earlier work but most of stories I’ve read today and the quick bit on TV didn’t mention it. So, I’m glad for that.