A Wonderful Find ...

[John E.]

(03-21-2014 04:03 PM)L Verge Wrote:  Terry loves the mystery of the Lincoln assassination as much as the rest of us. As for James Swanson, we have converted him. Jim's a friend of mine and of the museum and Society and freely admits that his first impression of us was that we were "weird."

In case my comments were received the wrong way, please let me clarify what I meant about Terry Alford. As most of us know, Terry devoted the last 30 years of his life to studying John Wilkes Booth and I consider him to be the foremost expert on the man. Now that Art Loux has passed away, Terry pretty much holds that distinction by himself. That's why I said he's one of the only people I would think to term a "Boothie". Tom Bogar, with his knowledge of Booth and the theater is right up there too.

I've seen Terry at three or four of the last conferences and know he enjoys this subject as much as the rest of us.

As for Jim Swanson, I don't know him at all and will take your word for it. However, his early comments about us being weird were pretty accurate.