Assassination Trivia
11-23-2012, 10:38 PM,
RE: Assassination Trivia
You've seen Waud's sketches, Laurie. The most popular is the sketch of Ford's showing the box and "the spot on which the man jumped". His sketches were very helpful with the restoration of Ford's to it's 1865 appearance.
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11-24-2012, 12:01 AM,
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There is a fellow down here in North Carolina that gives a good impression of Alfred Waud at reenactments and living history venues. He dresses the part and can even sketch like him. I have tried my hand at sketching. Unfortunately my hand is not too goodSad

Craig
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11-24-2012, 08:17 AM, (This post was last modified: 11-24-2012, 08:23 AM by BettyO.)
RE: Assassination Trivia
Here's a drawing by Waud in Harper's Weekly - who wants to bet that the Arsenal drawing is also by him?

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"The Past is a foreign country...they do things differently there" - L. P. Hartley
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11-24-2012, 09:29 AM,
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Wow, I had never seen Lew Wallace as an older gentleman-but I can tell that it is him.
Bill Nash
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11-24-2012, 10:06 AM,
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11-24-2012, 11:08 AM,
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Perfect!

Thanks, Joe!
"The Past is a foreign country...they do things differently there" - L. P. Hartley
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11-24-2012, 01:38 PM,
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Thank you all! I must admit that I seldom look for an artist's name on old engravings. I guess I better get up to speed.
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11-24-2012, 09:56 PM,
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What assassination book was tentatively titled "Dark Passage" before being changed at the suggestion of the publisher?
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11-25-2012, 12:04 AM,
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Personal Traits of Abraham Lincoln by Helen Nicolay?
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11-25-2012, 12:44 AM,
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I'm afraid not, Rich. My book was written by a man.
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11-25-2012, 01:18 AM,
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Dave,
This is just a wild guess, but was it Dark Union by Ray Neff?

Craig
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11-25-2012, 07:05 AM,
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It is Ray Neff, Craig-with Dr. Leonard Guttridge-I have the book.
Bill Nash
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11-25-2012, 09:51 AM,
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Blood on the Moon?
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11-25-2012, 11:04 AM,
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Still not right. My book predates Blood on the Moon and Dark Union.
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11-25-2012, 11:14 AM, (This post was last modified: 11-25-2012, 11:15 AM by BettyO.)
RE: Assassination Trivia
Web of Conspiracy by Roscoe ?

Great American Myth by Bryant ?

Philip Van Doren Stern's The Man Who Killed Lincoln ?
"The Past is a foreign country...they do things differently there" - L. P. Hartley
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