At the same time, he is a shrewd observer who writes compellingly about the people and the landscapes he encounters.

"Dijkstra writes so compellingly that in his hands what might be portentous is a page-turning good read."

The South was both vexed and damaged by this book, for Douglass wrote compellingly; it was believed in Patamoke that some white man must have written the book for him.

While critics, as usual, praised his ability to write compellingly, they also continued to complain that he oversimplified economic matters and either ignored or failed to keep up with corporate changes.

Mr. French clearly cares about Africa's fate and writes compellingly without providing more than implicit recipes for recovery.

Hannah Arendt wrote compellingly of these years, noting that after the devastation of World War I, millions of displaced people were set loose in every direction.

As a foreign correspondent for The New York Herald Tribune, he wrote compellingly of a Europe reeling from the devastation of World War II.

He writes lucidly and compellingly and, what is more, he does not pull his punches.

Mr. Morris writes compellingly of Chapin's fanatical efforts to beat the competition.

Darnton, who followed his father into a career as a Times reporter, writes compellingly about his own experiences eluding censors and weighing glory and risk as an international reporter.