GDG- Help! Need some advice..

[James Cameron]

<< I never heard of these books. (Small wonder). who'se this guy Krick? He 
must have some credibility for Gallagher to include him in a showcase, or 
would he fit well on my bookshelf  "Books that drive Jim Cameron to 
distraction"?  >>

Bob Krick is very well known in the CW community, and either was or still is 
a historian at Fredericksburg.   Not surprising at all that Gallagher 
included his work.  In fact, it may well have been precisely because he has 
a (well earned) reputation for being very down on Longstreet, since he 
provides an alternate perspective.

And, no, it doesn't drive me to distraction in the least.  Krick's attitude 
on Longstreet is well known, so at least when you read him, you know where 
he's coming from.  Once you know that, you can read him and either agree or 
disagree.  Besides, I've never bee all that much of a Longstreet scholar, 
one way or the other, that I'd be inclined to get too bent out of shape 
about it, one way of the other.


Jim Cameron