GDG- "How Dare He Make Me Care?"
Dennis Lawrence
denlaw at fone.net
Thu Apr 3 11:39:30 CDT 2008
Hello,
Brother Bob and I visited Gettysburg for the first time since
childhood in 1983. We also looked for Kilrain's name and Dwight
Nitz who happened by, broke the news to us.
Take Care
Dennis
At 09:39 AM 4/3/2008, you wrote:
>Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
>While Killer Angels is fiction, it is historic fiction and it therefore
>isn't surprising that this happened. The woman's confusion at his absence
>is understandable (I can't remember if Shaara advised his readers in the
>foreward about Kilrain.)
>
>The sad thing about this is not that the woman believed that Kilrain was
>real, but in her anger failed to realize that the "person" she had grown to
>care was really "people" and they _are_ on the monument.
>
>- Bob Coffman
>
>
>
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