Unwanted Facts: Facts that Most Books on the Lincoln Assassination Ignore

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(12-09-2018 06:47 PM)mikegriffith1 Wrote:  

(12-06-2018 06:16 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  I agree with Gene. Mike, I am a retired teacher, and most of the books you have mentioned I would never have used in the classroom.

I can't fathom how any genuine institution of learning would object to using the books by Thomas Reed, H. Donald Winkler, and Robert Ferguson when teaching the Lincoln assassination. On what possible basis could they object? These are recognized scholars with books published by established publishing houses.

Quote:I would have been fired, and rightfully so, if I handed out a book like Dr. Arnold's and used it as a text to teach the assassination in class.

Then you must have worked at a school run by some very closed-minded and/or poorly read people.

Mr. Griffith - First, I do not remember you ever mentioning, much less citing, the three authors that you just praised. I am friends with two of them and certainly agree that they have contributed to the study.

However, if you are going to mention someone, please get the name correct. Thomas Reed is actually Thomas Reed Turner and a foremost scholar in this field. Donald Winkler has contributed some things also, but not in the same class as Turner. As for Robert Ferguson, I am going to Google him because my brain is not registering just who he is.

BTW: In the process of condemning school officials that Roger served under, it seems that you have also cast aspersions on his choice of reliable authors. You owe him an apology or retraction because he has certainly been very lenient and open-minded in allowing you to express your personal feelings and historical suppositions on this forum for lo these many months.

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I'm back! Google shows that Robert Ferguson is an author of 21 books in the fields of Novels, Biographies, and one History book - the latter being a history of the Vikings.

Goodreads lists his works here: https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/18...t_Ferguson and I don't believe you will find a single one that has anything to do with Booth or the assassination.