I will be out and about for a bit, so no writing--here or on the book. I finished the chapter where EE dies. I just stopped it with EE and JJ lying on the floor, bleeding out. I will pick up the thread again in the chapter on dying in the 19th century, which was a MUCH bigger deal than it is now. There were "funeral planners" back then, not wedding planners. In the part of society where there was a lot of money, there were sort of "celebrity funerals" and everyone tried to outdo each other. Geez!
Colonel Elmer Ellsworth was the first Union officer to die in the American Civil War. No new biography of his life has been published since 1960--so I am writing one.
Monday, August 1, 2011
off for a day or so
I will be out and about for a bit, so no writing--here or on the book. I finished the chapter where EE dies. I just stopped it with EE and JJ lying on the floor, bleeding out. I will pick up the thread again in the chapter on dying in the 19th century, which was a MUCH bigger deal than it is now. There were "funeral planners" back then, not wedding planners. In the part of society where there was a lot of money, there were sort of "celebrity funerals" and everyone tried to outdo each other. Geez!
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