Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 13:05:24 -0400 From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu> To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> Subject: [WSFA] Re: He's baaaaaaack . . . . Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> > twhite8 at cox.net 06/06/03 12:12PM > >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu> >> "Wednesday, June 11 at 7:00PM || Newt Gingrich || At Olsson's Old Town >> Alexandria, 106 S. Union St., 703-684-0077 >> Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Newt Gingrich reads = from >> his new book, "Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War," co-written with >> William Forstchen. After five years of research, comes a novel that >> explores how a victory for Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg >might >> have truly changed the course, and outcome, of the Civil War. " >> >> I'll let you alternate history (aka "counterfactual") fans fuss about >this >> . . . > >Rather than arguing about the quality of the writing (is it as bad as it >was in 1945?) or who actually wrote it (Forstchen)? Cover has both (visit Amazon for details), in seemingly same sized type. = Newt is listed first. As for who did most of the actual writing? Odds = are pretty darn good it wasn't Newt. Me cynical? mjw