GDG- Killing Lincoln
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Sat Jan 14 21:58:06 CST 2012
You may get an ultimate benefit if you donated it to the Surratt Society
in Clinton.
The market price seems to be shockingly low but as a museum piece it
should be worth more than what you paid. Plus they would preserve it. Which
would be better than a plastic bag.
Have you been down there ? It is way cool.
Your Most Obedient Servant,
Peter
In a message dated 1/14/2012 10:51:19 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
jlawrence at kc.rr.com writes:
Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
Oh ok.I have it in a sealed up sandwich bag.
Thanks.
This book was already at the crumbly yellow stage when I got it.
I bought it from an estate.
I had a lot of Tarzan books like that. Yellow and crumbly.
I worked all my life and, the last 30 years, bought books to read in my
retirement. I retired last May and the books, I find out, are worthless.
My daughters gave me a Nook for Christmas and my wife gave me a Nexus 4G.
I
downloaded a Kindle to the phone and a Adobe pub to adapt the books to
each
application.
We are taking a month long cruise and, instaed of the usual twenty or so
pounds of books, are taking a couple of 8 ounce devices that we can read
all
thebooks in the world on, history books and bodice rippers.
And all the newspapers in the world. Even on a bus in Arabia.
So I have Samuael Morrisons complete history of the US Navy in WWII and it
is worthless.
Jack McDevitt's Hercules Text. Worthless.
Roosevelt's Japaenese-russian war Nobel Prize negotiations, worthless.
And I love it.
Never had so many had so much information available in history.
Knowledge is no longer the privelege of the Ivory towewr crowd, nor the
sole
domain of academia.
Anybody can, in seconds, find out what they want to know ib seconfds,
withpout traveling humdreds of miles and winnowing through non allergenic
moldy records. True, it is all not available yet to all, but it will be in
our lifetimes.
Regards,
Jack
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Burk" <jlb4tlb at yahoo.com>
To: "GDG" <gettysburg at arthes.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: GDG- Killing Lincoln
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
> The grade would tell you how pure the product is. Low quality plastic
will
> yellow paper pruducts over time.
>
>
> Namaste
>
> Jeff Burk
>
>
>>________________________________
>> From: Jack Lawrence <jlawrence at kc.rr.com>
>>To: GDG <gettysburg at arthes.com>
>>Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 9:31 PM
>>Subject: Re: GDG- Killing Lincoln
>>
>>Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>>OK.
>>
>>I'll bite.
>>
>>What is grade?
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Jack
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Burk" <jlb4tlb at yahoo.com>
>>To: "GDG" <gettysburg at arthes.com>
>>Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 8:28 PM
>>Subject: Re: GDG- Killing Lincoln
>>
>>
>>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>>> Just downloaded the Baker book, thanks for the tip. Interesting in
that
>>> had I not read O'Reillly I might have never heard of this one.
>>>
>>> I have also paid good money for books now that can be downloaded for
>>> free or a small fee. The old book always feels much better in my hands
>>> then my nook.
>>>
>>> Is your plastic archive grade? If not it should be. Mylar works real
>>> well
>>>
>>> Namaste
>>>
>>> Jeff Burk
>>>
>>>
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> From: Jack Lawrence <jlawrence at kc.rr.com>
>>>> To: GDG <gettysburg at arthes.com>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 9:02 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: GDG- Killing Lincoln
>>>>
>>>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>>>> Bruce,
>>>>
>>>> Yes I did. I tried harder than you.
>>>>
>>>> I read all this and more.
>>>>
>>>> I chose chose not to ape the marketing side of the house.
>>>>
>>>> FYI: have a copy of protagonist Lafayette C. Bakers book, "United
>>>> States Secret Service".
>>>>
>>>> It is one of those delghtfull books, reprinted in the 1890's, with
old,
>>>> fragile yellow pages that the edges crumble.
>>>>
>>>> I paid 120.00 dollars for it.
>>>>
>>>> I keep it in a plastic bag and have not opened it for these 12 years,
>>>> after reading the Lincoln chapters.
>>>>
>>>> It is available for less than two bucks now on Amazon, Kindle and
Nook.
>>>>
>>>> Damn.
>>>>
>>>> It is a great primary source, and certainly better than the treacle
in
>>>> discussion.
>>>>
>>>> OTOH, anything that tunes someone into history is better than
nothing.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Jack
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I took the road less traveled, and it has made all the difference.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> BTW: Was Booth really stopped from attacking lincoln at the second
>>>> inaugaral Inaugaration, as portrayed in the book?
>>>>
>>>> From EN Bookstores:
>>>> The products sold at Eastern National bookstores are a combination of
>>>> Eastern National-produced items and merchandise purchased through
>>>> outside vendors, including books, reproductions, apparel, and
>>>> collectibles. All products sold in Eastern National retail outlets
are
>>>> evaluated by National Park Service interpreters for historical
>>>> accuracy, quality, and relevance to park themes. Strict standards are
>>>> maintained to ensure we offer the finest quality products that will
>>>> enhance visitors’ experiences. As a cooperating association, Eastern
>>>> National sells only products that the National Park Service has
>>>> approved.
>>>>
>>>> Reference: Eastern National
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Burk" <jlb4tlb at yahoo.com>
>>>> To: "GDG" <gettysburg at arthes.com>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 3:37 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: GDG- Killing Lincoln
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>>>>> The following is from the home page publishers web site.
>>>>> "New From Henry Holt
>>>>> Killing Lincoln
>>>>> The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
>>>>> A riveting historical narrative of the heart-stopping events
>>>>> surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the first work
>>>>> of history from mega-bestselling author Bill O'Reilly"
>>>>>
>>>>> This is from the publishes page promoting 'Killing Lincoln.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "A riveting historical narrative of the heart-stopping events
>>>>> surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the first work
>>>>> of history from mega-bestselling author Bill O'Reilly
>>>>> The anchor of The O'Reilly Factor recounts one of the most dramatic
>>>>> stories in American history—how one gunshot changed the country
>>>>> forever. In the spring of 1865, the bloody saga of America's Civil
War
>>>>> finally comes to an end after a series of increasingly harrowing
>>>>> battles. President Abraham Lincoln's generous terms for Robert E.
>>>>> Lee's surrender are devised to fulfill Lincoln's dream of healing a
>>>>> divided nation, with the former Confederates allowed to reintegrate
>>>>> into American society. But one man and his band of murderous
>>>>> accomplices, perhaps reaching into the highest ranks of the U.S.
>>>>> government, are not appeased.
>>>>> In the midst of the patriotic celebrations in Washington D.C., John
>>>>> Wilkes Booth—charismatic ladies' man and impenitent racist—murders
>>>>> Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre. A furious manhunt ensues and
Booth
>>>>> immediately becomes the country's most wanted fugitive. Lafayette C.
>>>>> Baker, a smart but shifty New York detective and former Union spy,
>>>>> unravels the string of clues leading to Booth, while federal forces
>>>>> track his accomplices. The thrilling chase ends in a fiery shootout
>>>>> and a series of court-ordered executions—including that of the first
>>>>> woman ever executed by the U.S. government, Mary Surratt. Featuring
>>>>> some of history's most remarkable figures, vivid detail, and
>>>>> page-turning action, Killing Lincoln is history that reads like a
>>>>> thriller. "
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Jack didn't look very hard.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Namaste
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeff Burk
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> ________________________________
>>>>>> From: Jack Lawrence <jlawrence at kc.rr.com>
>>>>>> To: GDG <gettysburg at arthes.com>
>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 4:12 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: GDG- Killing Lincoln
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>>>>>>> At 02:04 PM 1/14/2012, you wrote:
>>>>>>>> The correct term is "speculative popular history". Or
"Interprative
>>>>>>>> History". In the style of bodice rippers.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There is no such categories as the ones you suggest. There is no
>>>>>>> bodice ripping in it. It is not a novel. It is popular history.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Obviously, you have not read the book. I have. I'm not sympathetic
>>>>>>> to it, but that does not change what it is.
>>>>>> Hello.
>>>>>> We can discuss terms, but Holt, the publisher, does not list this
as
>>>>>> a history book on its site.
>>>>>> Maybe I am looking for it wrong. The terms used aere samples of
>>>>>> descriptions used for the book, including the publishers site.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No one, even the publisher, seems to want to call it a history
book.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jack
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maybe its an iambic billameter poem?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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