GDG- Shelby Foote

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_Team of Rivals_ is a good example of narrative history which is heavily footnoted. I am actually getting used to publishers who hate miniature numbers on a page and intead use page number and short quotes in the back for those who want to check up on something.

A whole lot  better than the numbered endnotes where the top of the endnote page says only that they are for chapter III. Who knows what chapter number  you are reading? 

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Bob

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 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Marc Ferguson" <marcferguson at charter.net>
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
> 
> 
> Mark,
> I'm sorry if I didn't make myself clear. Obviously anyone can write a book 
> without footnotes, and people are welcome to buy and read it. What some 
> seemed to suggest was that narrative histories are in some special category 
> and therefore exempted from scholarly expectations to document their 
> sources. I can think of no reason that narrative histories are less well 
> served by including footnotes. In my opinion, Foote wrote a marvelous 
> account of the CW, which is weakened by the lack of citations.
> 
> best,
> Marc
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joy, Mark" <joy at jc.edu>
> To: "GDG" <gettysburg at arthes.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 8:04 PM
> Subject: RE: GDG- Shelby Foote
> 
> 
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
> 
> 
> I didn't interpret it that way, I was exaggerating to make the point.
> If someone wants to publish it and someone wants to buy it, that is how
> they "get away" with writing books without footnotes.
> 
> Mark S. Joy
> Jamestown College
> Jamestown, North Dakota
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com
> [mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com] On Behalf Of Marc Ferguson
> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 3:20 PM
> To: GDG
> Subject: Re: GDG- Shelby Foote
> 
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
> 
> 
> Mark,
> How did you interpret my short post as advocating government oversight
> in
> the publishing of history books?
> 
> best,
> Marc
> 
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