GDG- Who Edits the Editors?

[Margaret D. Blough]

I believe that the information came from scholars who compared the original letters to the versions printed by Lee's family and their supporters after Lee's death.  I don't know that there was anything unusual about the practice at the time.

Regards,

Margaret

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From: "Hugh F. Regan" <hfregan at sbcglobal.net> 

> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: 
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> Margret...how do we know that?...curious...did the 'editors' tell us what they 
> edited, or..... 
> Hugh (Black-Belt Lurker) 
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> > (snip)--I've read elsewhere that, after his death, Lee's family and supporters 
> > edited any letters that were published in order to eliminate anything that 
> > interfered with the Lee as saint image and did not indicate that the 
> > letters had been edited. It wasn't that there was anything truly awful in 
> > the omitted portions of the letters, just anything that indicated the 
> > existence of a complex human being and not a living saint.(snip) 
> > 
> > Regards, 
> > 
> > Margaret 
> > 
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> Hugh 
> hfregan at sbcglobal.net 
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