Laura Keene - A Biography

[Tom Bogar]

Gene, my copy of the Henneke book was quite helpful in researching and writing. There are a few gaps and generalizations that are partly remedied by the (more subjective) earlier John Cheahan book (also worth getting a copy of). I was fortunate to be granted access to Dr. Henneke's papers in Tulsa shortly before his death, and there were boxes and boxes of info (and a mint carte de visite of JWB just lying loose in one!) that seemed to be anecdotal material that he wasn't able to fit into the book. So, bottom line: the Henneke bio is a good investment at any reasonable price.