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Some books Seem to be mostly end notes and/or bibliography. I wonder how people feel about paying book prices for what amount to very short books.
I am right now reading The Race Against History: The Mission to Build a Jewish Army in America to Fight Hitler by Rick Richman. It is quite a good book, about the Jacob Jabotinksy, Chaim Weitzman and David Ben Gurion to involve the Jews on an official level in the fight against the Nazis. Only one trouble; the text on this 250 page book ends at Page 152, after which follow bibliography, end notes and index.
Some of the end notes in both books are important enough that they belonged in the text. In the latter book, one of the "end notes" was about four or five pages.
If I buy a non-fiction book I expect and appreciate the endnotes. You want to understand the source - how much of it is prinary sources, how much secondary, and how reliable it might be. Plus if you want to read more about a particular subject they help lead you to other books. I wouldn't really trust a non-fiction book that didn't have a lot of endnotes, unless of course it is commentary, opinion, autobiography, etc. History books I certainly expect lots of endnotes.
If I buy a non-fiction book I expect and appreciate the endnotes. You want to understand the source - how much of it is prinary sources, how much secondary, and how reliable it might be. Plus if you want to read more about a particular subject they help lead you to other books. I wouldn't really trust a non-fiction book that didn't have a lot of endnotes, unless of course it is commentary, opinion, autobiography, etc. History books I certainly expect lots of endnotes.
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