From: owner-hist_text-digest@lists.xmission.com (hist_text-digest) To: hist_text-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: hist_text-digest V1 #1145 Reply-To: hist_text Sender: owner-hist_text-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-hist_text-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk hist_text-digest Tuesday, February 4 2003 Volume 01 : Number 1145 In this issue: -       Re: MtMan-List: Re: caring for beaver pelts -       Re: MtMan-List: Pecatonica Kits and .54 twists -       Re: MtMan-List: Re: caring for beaver pelts -       MtMan-List: Fiction -       MtMan-List: twists -       MtMan-List: Mtn. Man book -       Re: MtMan-List: Pecatonica Kits and .54 twists -       Re: MtMan-List: Mtn. Man book -       Re: MtMan-List: Re: caring for beaver pelts -       Re: MtMan-List: Mtn. Man book -       MtMan-List: Ben's book ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 10:33:57 -0800 From: "Ben" Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Re: caring for beaver pelts This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C2CC38.EC29EA40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Gene, Who knows? I doubt they were homesteading in the sense that they got = government title to the land....seeing at the time the US didn't own = that part of the country..I just have them move in and settle on a = little valley. Who can really say what brave souls listened to the = mountain men rave about the rich soil that would raise beans as big as = melons and corn twenty feet high, the clear, icy mountain streams, the = timber and all that they needed, and not attempt to settle. This area = was being explored At least this was possible ... it may not have = happened...but was possible. =20 Good point though....my bad choice of words in my previous post. Thanks for responding, Ben ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Gene Hickman=20 To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com=20 Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 8:45 AM Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Re: caring for beaver pelts Were there folks homesteading in the Unitahs in the 1830's? Had land = been opened up under the homestead act allowed homesteading there or = were they just moving in and setting up? Curious. Bead Shooter ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Ben=20 To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com=20 Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 9:51 AM Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Re: caring for beaver pelts Hi Wynn, I hope I've journeyed into more enjoyable waters! =20 My main character moves West with his family when he was 12 years = old, in 1828. His father was going to settle in Missouri, but when they = reached St. Louis they ran into his uncle, a mountain man and trapper = that expounded on the land far to the west, and was persuaded to claim = some of it for himself. Four years after they'd homesteaded a valley on = the north slope of the Uintahs, Indians raided, massacering his family = except for his sister, who they stole and took with them. =20 The story proceeds from there. How he responded to the tradgedy and = his search for his sister. He travels to the rendevous on the Green = River in search of his Uncle and has many an adventure. I hope I've written it so that those on this board will enjoy it = (and not made to many glaring errors). About the hundred years.....I was thinking a hundred years before I = was born....which would put me right in the middle of my story :-) = 1837, although my grandfather was still settling the country in 1900. = Started a small town in Southern Utah. Ben ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Wynn & Gretchen Ormond=20 To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com=20 Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 8:33 PM Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Re: caring for beaver pelts Ben wrote: >Sometime's I think I was born a hundred years to late, but then = on the other hand... So your one of those who wanted to be here after all the fun was = over huh? 1900 would be pretty swivilized. Curious though does your book run the typical: didn't get along = with Dad; was always out shooting squirrel instead of in school; heads = west alone or with just a couple of others; da da da. Or have you ventured into more enjoyable waters. Wynn Ormond - ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C2CC38.EC29EA40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi Gene,
 
Who knows?  I doubt they were = homesteading in=20 the sense that they got government title to the land....seeing at the = time the=20 US didn't own that part of the country..I just have them move in and = settle on a=20 little valley.  Who can really say what brave souls listened to the = mountain men rave about the rich soil that would raise beans as big as = melons=20 and corn twenty feet high, the clear, icy mountain streams, the = timber and=20 all that they needed, and not attempt to settle.  This area was = being=20 explored  At least this was possible ... it may not have = happened...but was=20 possible.  
 
Good point though....my bad choice of = words in my=20 previous post.
 
Thanks for responding,
Ben
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Gene=20 Hickman
To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com= =20
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, = 2003 8:45=20 AM
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Re: = caring for=20 beaver pelts

Were there folks homesteading in the = Unitahs in=20 the 1830's? Had land been opened up under the homestead act allowed=20 homesteading there or were they just moving in and setting up?=20 Curious.
 
Bead Shooter
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Ben =
To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com= =20
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, = 2003 9:51=20 AM
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Re: = caring for=20 beaver pelts

Hi Wynn,
 
I hope I've journeyed into more = enjoyable=20 waters!  
 
My  main character moves West = with his=20 family when he was 12 years old, in 1828.  His father was going = to=20 settle in Missouri, but when they reached St. Louis they ran into = his=20 uncle,  a mountain man and trapper that expounded on the land = far to=20 the west, and was persuaded to claim some of it for himself.  = Four=20 years after they'd homesteaded a valley on the north slope of = the=20 Uintahs, Indians raided, =20 massacering his family except for his sister, who they stole and = took with=20 them.  
The story proceeds from there.  How he responded to the = tradgedy=20 and his search for his sister.   He travels to the = rendevous on=20 the Green River in search of his Uncle and  has many an=20 adventure.
 
I hope I've written it so that = those on this=20 board will enjoy it (and not made to many glaring = errors).
 
About the hundred years.....I was = thinking a=20 hundred years before I was born....which would put me right in the = middle of=20 my story :-)  1837,   although my grandfather was = still=20 settling the country in 1900.  Started a small town in Southern = Utah.
 
Ben
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Wynn & Gretchen = Ormond=20
To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com= =20
Sent: Monday, February 03, = 2003 8:33=20 PM
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: = Re: caring=20 for beaver pelts

Ben wrote:
 
>Sometime's I think I was born = a hundred=20 years to late, but then on the other hand...
 
So your one of those who wanted = to be here=20 after all the fun was over huh?  1900 would be pretty=20 swivilized.
 
Curious though does your book run = the=20 typical:  didn't get along with Dad; was always out shooting = squirrel=20 instead of in school; heads west alone or with just a couple of = others; da=20 da da.
 
Or have you ventured into more = enjoyable=20 waters.
 
Wynn Ormond
=
 
- ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C2CC38.EC29EA40-- - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 12:33:42 EST From: ThisOldFox@aol.com Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Pecatonica Kits and .54 twists > it was my thoughts that you didnt like alexanders methods of doing things. Nope, you have him confused with Dr. Sam. >I thank his book is a darn good primer for a new builder and > even an old fox can learn new tricks--- I agree. The one thing I found is that he wrote his book over several years and he contradicts himself in various places. He is also overly technical with his measurements and drawings. A new builder wouldn't necessarily need all this info, but Peter makes exact replicas of existing guns, so those measurements are important in his case. > to me he is a good writer and i liked his explination of sear and tumbler > engagement and lock geometry His is probably the first book out that really explains this. There are many other little tidbits that haven't been written in any previously published books, and for that I believe his book is the most comprehensive so far. In the past, you almost had to have every gunbuilding book available, because there was always something one author left out, that another author included in his book. A new builder will learn much from Alexander's book. Dave Kanger - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 10:41:53 -0700 From: "Gene Hickman" Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Re: caring for beaver pelts This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0036_01C2CC3A.0821D680 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit No apology Ben. My intent was to illustrate a perhaps poor choice of words by saying homesteading. Can't wait for the book. Good Luck. Gene "Bead Shooter" Hickman ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 11:33 AM Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Re: caring for beaver pelts Hi Gene, Who knows? I doubt they were homesteading in the sense that they got government title to the land....seeing at the time the US didn't own that part of the country..I just have them move in and settle on a little valley. Who can really say what brave souls listened to the mountain men rave about the rich soil that would raise beans as big as melons and corn twenty feet high, the clear, icy mountain streams, the timber and all that they needed, and not attempt to settle. This area was being explored At least this was possible ... it may not have happened...but was possible. Good point though....my bad choice of words in my previous post. Thanks for responding, Ben ----- Original Message ----- From: Gene Hickman To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 8:45 AM Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Re: caring for beaver pelts Were there folks homesteading in the Unitahs in the 1830's? Had land been opened up under the homestead act allowed homesteading there or were they just moving in and setting up? Curious. Bead Shooter ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 9:51 AM Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Re: caring for beaver pelts Hi Wynn, I hope I've journeyed into more enjoyable waters! My main character moves West with his family when he was 12 years old, in 1828. His father was going to settle in Missouri, but when they reached St. Louis they ran into his uncle, a mountain man and trapper that expounded on the land far to the west, and was persuaded to claim some of it for himself. Four years after they'd homesteaded a valley on the north slope of the Uintahs, Indians raided, massacering his family except for his sister, who they stole and took with them. The story proceeds from there. How he responded to the tradgedy and his search for his sister. He travels to the rendevous on the Green River in search of his Uncle and has many an adventure. I hope I've written it so that those on this board will enjoy it (and not made to many glaring errors). About the hundred years.....I was thinking a hundred years before I was born....which would put me right in the middle of my story :-) 1837, although my grandfather was still settling the country in 1900. Started a small town in Southern Utah. Ben ----- Original Message ----- From: Wynn & Gretchen Ormond To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 8:33 PM Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Re: caring for beaver pelts Ben wrote: >Sometime's I think I was born a hundred years to late, but then on the other hand... So your one of those who wanted to be here after all the fun was over huh? 1900 would be pretty swivilized. Curious though does your book run the typical: didn't get along with Dad; was always out shooting squirrel instead of in school; heads west alone or with just a couple of others; da da da. Or have you ventured into more enjoyable waters. Wynn Ormond - ------=_NextPart_000_0036_01C2CC3A.0821D680 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
No apology Ben. My intent was to = illustrate a=20 perhaps poor choice of words by saying homesteading. Can't wait for the = book.=20 Good Luck.
 
Gene "Bead Shooter" = Hickman
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Ben =
To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com= =20
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, = 2003 11:33=20 AM
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Re: = caring for=20 beaver pelts

Hi Gene,
 
Who knows?  I doubt they were = homesteading=20 in the sense that they got government title to the land....seeing at = the time=20 the US didn't own that part of the country..I just have them move in = and=20 settle on a little valley.  Who can really say what brave souls = listened=20 to the mountain men rave about the rich soil that would raise beans as = big as=20 melons and corn twenty feet high, the clear, icy mountain = streams, the=20 timber and all that they needed, and not attempt to settle.  This = area=20 was being explored  At least this was possible ... it may not = have=20 happened...but was possible.  
 
Good point though....my bad choice of = words in my=20 previous post.
 
Thanks for responding,
Ben
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Gene=20 Hickman
To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com= =20
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, = 2003 8:45=20 AM
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Re: = caring for=20 beaver pelts

Were there folks homesteading in = the Unitahs in=20 the 1830's? Had land been opened up under the homestead act allowed=20 homesteading there or were they just moving in and setting up?=20 Curious.
 
Bead Shooter
----- Original Message ----- =
From:=20 Ben =
To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com= =20
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, = 2003 9:51=20 AM
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: = Re: caring=20 for beaver pelts

Hi Wynn,
 
I hope I've journeyed into more = enjoyable=20 waters!  
 
My  main character moves = West with his=20 family when he was 12 years old, in 1828.  His father was = going to=20 settle in Missouri, but when they reached St. Louis they ran into = his=20 uncle,  a mountain man and trapper that expounded on the land = far to=20 the west, and was persuaded to claim some of it for himself.  = Four=20 years after they'd homesteaded a valley on the north slope of = the=20 Uintahs, Indians raided, =20 massacering his family except for his sister, who they stole and = took with=20 them.  
The story proceeds from there.  How he responded to the = tradgedy=20 and his search for his sister.   He travels to the = rendevous on=20 the Green River in search of his Uncle and  has many an=20 adventure.
 
I hope I've written it so that = those on this=20 board will enjoy it (and not made to many glaring = errors).
 
About the hundred years.....I was = thinking a=20 hundred years before I was born....which would put me right in the = middle=20 of my story :-)  1837,   although my grandfather = was still=20 settling the country in 1900.  Started a small town in = Southern=20 Utah.
 
Ben
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Wynn & Gretchen = Ormond
To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com= =20
Sent: Monday, February = 03, 2003=20 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: = Re: caring=20 for beaver pelts

Ben wrote:
 
>Sometime's I think I was = born a hundred=20 years to late, but then on the other hand...
 
So your one of those who wanted = to be here=20 after all the fun was over huh?  1900 would be pretty=20 swivilized.
 
Curious though does your book = run the=20 typical:  didn't get along with Dad; was always out = shooting=20 squirrel instead of in school; heads west alone or with just a = couple of=20 others; da da da.
 
Or have you ventured into more = enjoyable=20 waters.
 
Wynn Ormond
=
 
- ------=_NextPart_000_0036_01C2CC3A.0821D680-- - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 11:52:26 -0600 From: "Glenn Darilek" Subject: MtMan-List: Fiction IMHO, a family homesteading a valley on the north slope of the Uintas, in 1828 - 1832 were either uncommonly lucky, or remarkably tough to have kept their hair for that long. I would have had them robbed and scalped before the first snowfall. But that story would be a very short novel. The Whitman's kept their mission in present-day Washington going from 1836 to 1847 before they were massacered. Other missionaries branched out from there also. But they went west as invited guests because the natives wanted their religion. (Actually they wanted their technology, but their language had no word for such). And traders fared well in that time period, but I think they lived mostly in forts. Is there any other documentation of homesteaders surviving that far West before 1832 or for that matter, 1841? Glenn Darilek Iron Burner >My main character moves West with his family when he was 12 years old, in >1828. His father was going to settle in Missouri, but when they reached >St. Louis they ran into his uncle, a mountain man and trapper that >expounded on the land far to the west, and was persuaded to claim some of >it for himself. Four years after they'd homesteaded a valley on the north >slope of the Uintahs, Indians raided, massacering his family except for >his sister, who they stole and took with them. - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 13:12:10 -0600 From: "Frank Fusco" Subject: MtMan-List: twists Capt'n Lahti said of my comments, Good question, even with the grin. And it begs a response. "famous" don't make him right and I have never agreed completely with him, or his dad on this subject. I choose the slow twist because I concluded from 30 years of observation, input from others whom I respect and my own experience with rifles I have owned and used, that is what is best for my needs, and, admittedly, my wants. Yes, I believe history shows that many rifles of many calibers over a period of many years were in the majority 1:48" twists. Now, my theory why. Folks 'back then' did not have much to spare. Lead was a hard come by commodity, whenever possible balls were recovered, whether from downed game, dead enemies, or a board target. Powder was also a precious commodity. If a light charge was sufficient for 90% of their shooting then that is what was used and rifles were built for best performance with those light to moderate charges. The occasional call for heavy charges may have suffered in tack-driving accuracy but that was an acceptable concession. For this particular gun 1:72" is, for me, the best choice. Another gun for another purpose might end up with something else. Cheers, Frank G. Fusco Mountain Home, AR http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ozarksmuzzleloaders/ http://www.geocities.com/rifleman1776/photopageflag.html - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 13:23:10 -0600 From: "Frank Fusco" Subject: MtMan-List: Mtn. Man book Ben said, Ben, wats yer last name or pen name? What is the book title? Let us know when it hits the shelves. We have been needing a real writer on this list. Frank G. Fusco Mountain Home, AR http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ozarksmuzzleloaders/ http://www.geocities.com/rifleman1776/photopageflag.html - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 11:26:47 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Branson Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Pecatonica Kits and .54 twists - --0-1838409257-1044386807=:11261 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii After 30 years of shooting flintlocks I have to agree with Mr. Fusco. I too like a slow twist for .54 cal. I recently started shooting an Ed Rayle barrel with round bottom roove rifleing in .54 with a 1/70 twist. It shoots better than any gun I own and I'm shooting 90 grain loads. ThisOldFox@aol.com wrote:> it was my thoughts that you didnt like alexanders methods of doing things. Nope, you have him confused with Dr. Sam. >I thank his book is a darn good primer for a new builder and > even an old fox can learn new tricks--- I agree. The one thing I found is that he wrote his book over several years and he contradicts himself in various places. He is also overly technical with his measurements and drawings. A new builder wouldn't necessarily need all this info, but Peter makes exact replicas of existing guns, so those measurements are important in his case. > to me he is a good writer and i liked his explination of sear and tumbler > engagement and lock geometry His is probably the first book out that really explains this. There are many other little tidbits that haven't been written in any previously published books, and for that I believe his book is the most comprehensive so far. In the past, you almost had to have every gunbuilding book available, because there was always something one author left out, that another author included in his book. A new builder will learn much from Alexander's book. 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After 30 years of shooting flintlocks I have to agree with Mr. Fusco. I too like a slow twist for .54 cal. I recently started shooting an Ed Rayle barrel with round bottom roove rifleing in .54 with a 1/70 twist. It shoots better than any gun I own and I'm shooting 90 grain loads.

 ThisOldFox@aol.com wrote:

> it was my thoughts that you didnt like alexanders methods of doing things.

Nope, you have him confused with Dr. Sam.

>I thank his book is a darn good primer for a new builder and
> even an old fox can learn new tricks---

I agree. The one thing I found is that he wrote his book over several years
and he contradicts himself in various places. He is also overly technical
with his measurements and drawings. A new builder wouldn't necessarily need
all this info, but Peter makes exact replicas of existing guns, so those
measurements are important in his case.

> to me he is a good writer and i liked his explination of sear and tumbler
> engagement and lock geometry

His is probably the first book out that really explains this. There are many
other little tidbits that haven't been written in any previously published
books, and for that I believe his book is the most comprehensive so far. In
the past, you almost had to have every gunbuilding book available, because
there was always something one author left out, that another author included
in his book. A new builder will learn much from Alexander's book.

Dave Kanger

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Ben wrote:
 
I hope I've written it so that those on = this board=20 will enjoy it (and not made to many glaring errors).
 
Keep us posted as it = progresses.
Wynn
- ------=_NextPart_000_0018_01C2CC5C.D31AC640-- - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 15:08:46 -0700 From: "Wynn & Gretchen Ormond" Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Mtn. Man book Ben It may not have been beyond belief for a family to have moved that far west that early on, that is if they were Iroquios or some other Eastern Indian family. I believe that for "whites" that is of course is a pretty big gamble. still it is a novel and you as the author are entitled to make whatever gambles you chose. Wynn - ---------------------- hist_text list info: http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/maillist.html ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 16:58:18 -0600 From: "Lanney Ratcliff" Subject: MtMan-List: Ben's book This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0045_01C2CC6E.9DF4A500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ben By golly, write your novel any way you want and let the chips fall where = they may. A lady who used to be on this list wrote a novel a few years = back involving the 1838 rendezvous & mountain men and a woman from = today who went there and met them. The general theme of the book was a = romance novel with a science-fiction/fantasy/time travel twist set in = 1838 AND 2002. Makes homesteading in the Unitas in the 1830's seem = pretty dang plausible when you compare the story lines. Laura made the = book readable and believable (enough) not by proving that time travel = is possible and that a widowed school teacher from Emory University = could actually meet Osborne Russell in the Wind River Range but by = skillful wordsmithing and paying attention to as many minor details as = she could. She wove the story out of the yarn in her head but she made = sure that names, places and dates lined up historically, that a = particular river ran in the direction she said it did, that long dead = mountaineers didn't get reincarnated 20 years after they actually died, = that Narcissa Whitman was a blond, etc. She paid close attention to as = many details as she could figuring that little errors would chip away at = the plausibility she was striving for. Look on Amazon.com for the novel = "Across the Seasons" by Laura Jean Glise. Laura can't speak for herself = anymore because she went under on Feb 16, 2002, killed by a brain tumor = at age 52. She would certainly tell you to proceed with all possible = speed while exercising due diligence to make the book believable and = entertaining. Laura was my good friend and I think of her when the wind blows.... Lanney Ratcliff lanneyratcliff@charter.net ______________________________________________________________ Aux Aliments du Pays - ------=_NextPart_000_0045_01C2CC6E.9DF4A500 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Ben
By golly, write your novel = any way you=20 want and let the chips fall where they may.  A lady who used to be = on this=20 list wrote a novel a few years back involving the 1838=20 rendezvous &  mountain men and a woman from today who = went=20 there and met them.   The general theme of the book was a = romance=20 novel with a science-fiction/fantasy/time travel twist set in = 1838 AND=20 2002.  Makes homesteading in the Unitas in the 1830's seem pretty = dang=20 plausible when you compare the story lines.  Laura made the = book =20 readable and believable (enough) not by proving that time travel is = possible and that a widowed school teacher from Emory University = could=20 actually meet Osborne Russell in the Wind River Range but by = skillful=20 wordsmithing and paying attention to as many minor details as she = could. =20 She wove the story out of the yarn in her head but she made sure that = names,=20 places and dates lined up historically, that a particular river ran in = the=20 direction she said it did, that long dead mountaineers didn't get = reincarnated=20 20 years after they actually died, that Narcissa Whitman was a blond, = etc. =20 She paid close attention to as many details as she could figuring that = little=20 errors would chip away at the plausibility she was striving for.  = Look on=20 Amazon.com for the novel "Across the Seasons" by Laura Jean Glise.  = Laura=20 can't speak for herself anymore because she went under on Feb 16, 2002, = killed=20 by a brain tumor at age 52.  She would certainly tell you to = proceed with=20 all possible speed while exercising due diligence to make the book = believable=20 and entertaining.
Laura was my good friend = and I think of=20 her when the wind blows....
 
Lanney Ratcliff
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