GDG- Re: Tennessee flags book

[Biggsk at aol.com]

Bob Coffman writes,

>>>>Sounds like a dream job!



Yessir!  I am a firm believer in Napoleon's maxim "give me a lucky  general 
over a good one," but I have also worked very hard to get to where I am  as a 
flag historian.  This is a dream job and I have held enough crummy  ones in my 
life to realize that.
 
The saddest part of this to me is that three people who had a lot of  
influence on me as a flags historian over the years have all died far too soon  
including the curator who's book I have been hired to complete.  Richard  Rollins, 
who wrote the fine book on CS flags at Gettysburg (to which I  contributed - 
he also got me into the CWRT movement some 20 years ago); Howard  Madaus, my 
biggest flags mentor and a good friend; and Sheila Greene, TN State  Museum 
curator who was not only a consummate professional but a real hoot to be  around 
too.
 
I would give this all up to have them all back with us.  I just hope  that 
this book will be worthy of them.
 
Greg Biggs



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