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    What John Dean book did Taylor Branch completely rewrite after Dean's first draft?

    Question #118067. Asked by 29CoveRoad. (Oct 10 10 12:59 PM)


    Zbeckabee

    In October 1976, Simon & Schuster published Blind Ambition, which purports to be, mainly, a Watergate-related memoir by John Dean, the former White House Counsel to President Richard Nixon. On several occasions, Taylor Branch has publicly stated that he was the ghostwriter for this book. John Dean has denied this, though in 1995 gave sworn-deposition testimony that Taylor Branch actually wrote large sections of the book without his (Mr. Dean's) participation, knowledge, or approval. John Dean claimed furthermore that these sections written by Taylor Branch were partially fictional. Taylor Branch has, in turn, denied John Dean's claims, and continues to assert, including on his website (cited below under "External links"), that he was, in fact, the ghostwriter for "Blind Ambition," and that all of the book's content originated with Dean.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Branch

    Oct 10 10, 3:29 PM


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