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- Aug 25, 2012
I had to waste an hour today and waited by going to a book store. The bookstore has a ton of new books and many used books. although there was a book case of used Civil War books I did not see any that interested me. Do I really need another book about Grant or Lee? However, in the new book area was Custer At Gettysburg A New Look at George Custer versus Jeb Stuart in the Battle's Climatic Cavalry Charge by Philip Thomas Tucker Ph. D. So do we really need a new look at Custer at Gettysburg?
I am not putting down Doctor Tucker's book but just asking if authors tend to write about popular subjects at the expense of less popular subjects. I do understand that authors want to write about subjects that interests readers, thus selling more books. Still a handful of Generals have one book after another written about them and I wonder if I need yet another book about a general I have just read a book about.
I am not putting down Doctor Tucker's book but just asking if authors tend to write about popular subjects at the expense of less popular subjects. I do understand that authors want to write about subjects that interests readers, thus selling more books. Still a handful of Generals have one book after another written about them and I wonder if I need yet another book about a general I have just read a book about.