The details about these people and their emotions make Fritz's biographies and other historical books come alive for today's readers.Until she was 12 years old, Fritz and her family lived in China, where she relied on stories and writing to ease her loneliness. "History is full of gossip it's real people and emotion," says Fritz. She says, "My beat may lie in another time, but my approach is that of a reporter, trying for a scoop, looking for clues, connecting facts, digging under the surface." At the center of her research are the people who shaped the past, and she is especially interested in the quirky things about them. Jean Fritz researches the past as if she were a journalist. That unexpected meeting of George Washington becomes life-changing for Ann. Young Ann, lonely from isolated wilderness living, longs for her old friends in Gettysburg until the evening a stranger rode up the hill and stayed for supper.
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