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