Last week, a colleague and I were discussing general research practices and how information is interpreted. She said: “If you (people in general) are only concerned with proving your theories and are not open to a different version, you may be published but you will still be wrong.” This comment […]
A few days ago, I was reading through archived copies of Stetson University’s student newspaper, the Stetson Weekly Collegiate, and I noticed that in some of the issues printed either before or right after graduation, some of those papers printed the graduating class’ ‘Prophecy.’ This is a old tradition for […]
I’m curious how other writers of historic bios handle their biographical subjects, particularly when the lives were short and relatively obscure, as was Emmett’s. I was intrigued with the story of Alonzo Hereford Cushing. Cushing was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor on November 6, 2014 — more than 150 […]
If you think writing a book is about sitting down before a keyboard and ‘just doing it’, I say, maybe. It depends on how long you’ve been living with the subject. Personally, I feel like I know Emmett and several key ‘characters’ in his story well. I would never presume […]
In an earlier post — hell, in several earlier posts — I politely beg and plead for assistance in finding Emmett’s Elusive Scrapbooks. The deal is, Emmett kept scrapbooks, and he willed them to his namesake, Emmett Wilson Kehoe, when he died. I have been in contact with the Kehoe […]
In case you are wondering why the odd entries lately (i.e., not a lot of direct research reporting), it is because I’m grading final papers and on Thanksgiving break at my in-laws’. There are 29 people (17 children from 16 on down) in my in-laws’ house this week. Eight dogs. […]
In between writing and digging around in a new-to-me database this week, I’ve been reading microfilm copies of The West Florida Commercial and The Pensacola Observer, 1867-69. These newspapers were published during Reconstruction, and there are only scattered issues in existence. By 1871, both papers had ceased publication. With so […]
In my everyday life, I say the Serenity Prayer a lot. Not just because I am a recovering alcoholic (and it is a fundamental tool in my everyday sobriety), but it has lots of application in my research life. And let’s face it: This book has pretty much become my […]
A friend who knows my anal retentivity about proofreading sent it to me. I had forgotten about this. Let’s hope someone in sports ticket production ran this year’s text through a spell check program that was not developed or produced in Alabama. === In Emmett’s book news: It has been […]
One of the nice things about discussing the research on Emmett’s book in the blog is that I hear from folks now and then who also have an interest in research, especially as it pertains to West Florida archives. This past week, as you recall, I posted about finding Emmett’s […]
Tell my story. 