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July 30, 2014
A Great Blurb . . .
Thanks to a great writer and really nice guy, Richard Slotkin for allowing me to blurb his comments about The Ceremony of Innocence on the new cover. So, ah, buy his books too!Filed under: Books, Fiction, Stuff, The Arts Tagged: Civil War, Novels, The Ceremony of Innocence
July 21, 2014
Dear Everyone . . .
I greatly appreciate the fact that people are reading and enjoying William Hanlin’s Civil War . . . many readers have been thoughtful enough to point out some rogue punctuation and spelling – for which I take full responsibility. Thanks for pointing them out, they have been fixed (most likely). However, please, please, please stop […]
July 11, 2014
July 4, 2014
Lou and the 24 Hour Sports Cycle
Just a quick thought or two on the 75th anniversary of Lou Gehrig’s “Luckiest Man” speech. It occurs to me, as I flip through the morning sports channel news – a time consuming exercise on any cable system – that a great part of the elegance of Gehrig’s farewell was what happened immediately after he […]
July 3, 2014
What Are the Hanlin Books About?
I’ve been asked, at least 50 times and counting, this week “what’s the Hanlin series about”. I do the quick, elevator speech – Civil War historical fiction that’s different – kind of a combination of Deadwood, Band of Brothers, and Scott Turow. When I finish I end up explaining why Scott Turow is so much […]
July 2, 2014
The Archduke and the Dominican Priest . . .
The 100th anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand just passed – the seemingly fairly minor event (this is where one usually adds the disclaimer “but not for his family” – not so much the case with the Archduke) that unexpectedly triggered World War I. “Unexpectedly,” and “triggered,” and a few hundred other like words will […]
June 29, 2014
The Guy Who Said He Was Going to be My Agent Went to the World Cup as a FIFA Consultant Instead, SO …
SO …. I’m working with social-media, marketing people and am going to produce the first three volumes of the Hanlin Series on my own.Before the release to Amazon et al. we’re offering a special edition of the first volume … Continue reading →
June 25, 2014
June 25th a Few Years Ago….
June 25, 1876. Custer’s Last Stand . . . has any other piece of our history generated more (a) ‘experts’, i.e. everyone who has seen a movie or read anything on Little Big Horn; (b) books per capita of men engaged … Continue reading →
May 26, 2014
A Memorial Day Repost
We are almost four months into the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, The New York Times is running a daily blog recapping events to the day, evoking immediate comment and argument from the multitudes who are still fighting it – just … Continue reading →
May 20, 2014
Robert E. Lee, Meth Cookers, Hillbilly Yentas . . . and me.
In the past week Robert E. Lee’s legacy has been debated all over the place. A group of law students at Washington & Lee want Rbt. E. dropped from the masthead; the NAACP has petitioned to have Lee’s portrait removed from … Continue reading →
