GDG- Killing Lincoln

[Batrinque at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/14/2012 6:35:48 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
CWMHTours at aol.com writes:

I  mean... It is either true or false.

Historical events are black and  white.

Maybe the recording of them may be faulty but it is either  in  the end 
black or white.  Fact is truth.  Fiction  is  false.


You mean a work of history can contain no errors of fact?  If  so, then I 
have darned few books of history on my shelves.
 
Of late I have been reading a number of books dealing with the Amarna  
Period of Ancient Egypt and the books are filled with speculation, best guesses, 
 and reconstructions made from wisps of straw and cobwebs -- and most of 
these  books are considered pretty solid scholarly works of history.



Bruce  Trinque
Amston, CT