Hello from the newbie

[Eva Elisabeth]

Rob, great links, thank you!

Angela, did you read the only book I've ever spotted in German bookstores (have you ever seen another one?) - Jörg Nagler's "A.L.- Amerikas großer Präsident"? (I like the title because "groß" means "great" and "tall" as well, although I doubt this pun was intended.) If you did - what do you think of it? IMO, it is well-founded and researched regarding the CW and the social and political background of the era, but it also contains some strange lapses like that JWB was already waiting for Abraham Lincoln inside Ford's when the latter arrived. (The author is a professor for North America Studies in Jena.)
Angela, allow me to remark, I'm awestruck by your English skills and eloquent style!! (I feel truly embarrassed since I studied in that field - but have never spent sufficient time abroad. I consider posting under a nom de plum hence - and where is my ostrich tutu...)