Boston Corbett

[Gene C]

(01-07-2016 06:10 AM)maharba Wrote:  The Lincoln experts say it can not be so? and they all agree for 40 years? Always good to a have universal consensus from the best researchers in the business. I can just throw away my original research notes, crumbling scrapbooks and old newspaper clippings on Judge Brown, other topics.

I can't say that I've ever bought a book on amazon or online. So, I look for useful reviews and compare with my research notes. With my diminished or really no access to new books by Lincoln experts, maybe another Symposium member can tell me if Cloud County KS judge Brown is ever mentioned in any of the new or old books on Boston Corbett?

Quote: Craig Hipkins wrote -
The newspapers contained tons of these kind of stories about Corbett. Some of the details are obviously spurious, and are made for good reading!

A lot of these stories are obviously embellished for the general public ,and it is hard for the historian to sift through them for the parts that are true.

I would tend to trust the historians over the newspaper reporters for the reasons Craig stataed
We've seen in the Book section "Life, Crime and Capture of John Wilkes Booth", how George Townsend, a well known reporter during the Lincoln and reconstruction era, made several mistakes in his reporting of the assassination and trial. He collected the news articles and made them into that book.
I'd keep your notebooks though, they do make for interesting reading.

Surratt House Gift Shop is an excellent and reliable source to purchase books on the assassination and related topics.
http://www.surrattmuseum.org/the-visitors-center