30-09-2013, 11:57 AM
Alex, I can't speak for the others here but I located and started reading the Rosenbaum/Morris article referenced at the top of this thread, and I found it excruciating. I couldn't get through it. The amount of sour swipes (both overt and subtle) towards researchers in this area makes me lose some of the will to live. My hat is off to anyone with the stomach to digest such stuff and respond accordingly.
I hope you didn't find the factual corrections to your piece (neither of which I probably would have picked up myself) to indicate a lack of respect for your efforts. It's very pleasing to see someone in the media (to whatever extent) take a responsible position towards the assassination, and doubly pleasing when it's someone I already have respect for such as yourself. (Here in Melbourne I screened your thoughtful intro to - I think - THE PARALLAX VIEW, the one that referenced Dorothy Kilgallen, to a mate, and it raised a chuckle from both of us).
Have you come across any other books on the case yourself in recent weeks that you thought were worthwhile? There are a bunch of new ones out on the case (and reprints of some old ones) but the quality thereof is all over the shop. Also since you have the floor can you tell us a bit about your book rather than me bugging Joseph to give his impressions of it?
I hope you didn't find the factual corrections to your piece (neither of which I probably would have picked up myself) to indicate a lack of respect for your efforts. It's very pleasing to see someone in the media (to whatever extent) take a responsible position towards the assassination, and doubly pleasing when it's someone I already have respect for such as yourself. (Here in Melbourne I screened your thoughtful intro to - I think - THE PARALLAX VIEW, the one that referenced Dorothy Kilgallen, to a mate, and it raised a chuckle from both of us).
Have you come across any other books on the case yourself in recent weeks that you thought were worthwhile? There are a bunch of new ones out on the case (and reprints of some old ones) but the quality thereof is all over the shop. Also since you have the floor can you tell us a bit about your book rather than me bugging Joseph to give his impressions of it?