NF Philip Thomas Tucker

[gjpratt]

I'm reading his biography of John Imboden now. I will post some thoughts later. Right now, I would say, in fairness, it is a mixed review.

 

[TallTallMan]

Proof that @Jamieva was on to something - he doesn't have an editor. Of course, it can't be easy to find an editor and pay them enough to tell this bird that he needs some significant manuscript changes.

He publishes mostly from Skyhorse and Westholme, all places that accept submissions.

Who wants to be his editor?

 

[Belfoured]

He publishes mostly from Skyhorse and Westholme, all places that accept submissions.

Who wants to be his editor?

Purely my opinion, but - at least for its numerous books in the area of the AWI and 18th century military events - Westholme has a roster of several authors who are well-qualified and whose work reflects solid editing practices. That may be a result of the authors' own writing/self-editing skills because I am aware of two Tucker books published by Westhome and at least one has been criticized for numerous syntax and other errors. Westholme also operates the well-regarded JAR site/books.

 

[Eric Wittenberg]

Purely my opinion, but - at least for its numerous books in the area of the AWI and 18th century military events - Westholme has a roster of several authors who are well-qualified and whose work reflects solid editing practices. That may be a result of the authors' own writing/self-editing skills because I am aware of two Tucker books published by Westhome and at least one has been criticized for numerous syntax and other errors. Westholme also operates the well-regarded JAR site/books.

Westholme did one of my books. I have no complaints at all with them.

 

[Belfoured]

Westholme did one of my books. I have no complaints at all with them.

And - as we know - you, sir, are one of those authors whose work makes an editor's life easy. Jes sayin' ...

 

[TallTallMan]

Purely my opinion, but - at least for its numerous books in the area of the AWI and 18th century military events - Westholme has a roster of several authors who are well-qualified and whose work reflects solid editing practices. That may be a result of the authors' own writing/self-editing skills because I am aware of two Tucker books published by Westhome and at least one has been criticized for numerous syntax and other errors. Westholme also operates the well-regarded JAR site/books.

Westholme did one of my books. I have no complaints at all with them.

Westholme does good books--I mean companies that accept editing-free submissions.

Skyhorse does many good paperback reprints.

Search Results | Skyhorse Publishing

www.skyhorsepublishing.com

 

[Eric Wittenberg]

And - as we know - you, sir, are one of those authors whose work makes an editor's life easy. Jes sayin' ...

Thank you.

As Stephen King has correctly pointed out, there is no writer alive that doesn't need the services of a good editor. A good editor can make a mediocre book good and a good book great. I've learned to appreciate the things that editors do with my writing.

 

[TallTallMan]

You all won't believe what I saw today. My July-August issue of True West came, and I was thumbing through and saw this ad (my scan):

 

[Josh The Lighthouse Guy]

You all won't believe what I saw today. My July-August issue of True West came, and I was thumbing through and saw this ad (my scan):

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Odd that the URL and ad text use the author's middle initial but not the book cover.

Also, the wording of the end of the review ("another great read from") makes it sound like Tucker is taking credit as the author.

 

[gjpratt]

Odd that the URL and ad text use the author's middle initial but not the book cover.

Also, the wording of the end of the review ("another great read from") makes it sound like Tucker is taking credit as the author.

Hmmmm

 

[TallTallMan]

Odd that the URL and ad text use the author's middle initial but not the book cover.

Also, the wording of the end of the review ("another great read from") makes it sound like Tucker is taking credit as the author.

I've seen the URL name confusion before with other authors.

What's hilarious is the robotic wording that makes AI look like Twain and him putting that stupid "Ph.d" behind his name again!

Hmmmm

Is Gary Philip?!

 

[Gandycreek]

Here is the whole review
"No Good Day to Die is a masterful novel and insightful historical narrative that has centered on the time around the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Wolf has revealed a great deal of historical knowledge and insightful details about the battle, human culture of that era, and the overall history of the West. No Good Day to Die is a great read from beginning to end." –Phillip Thomas Tucker, Ph.D., historian and author of Death at the Little Bighorn

 

[Gandycreek]

I have this book by Tucker. I read it so long ago, that I don't remember much about it.

 

[Josh The Lighthouse Guy]

No Good Day to Die is a great read from beginning to end."

Ah, okay, that missing text makes more sense! Inadequate proofreading strikes again!

 

[TallTallMan]

Here is the whole review
"No Good Day to Die is a masterful novel and insightful historical narrative that has centered on the time around the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Wolf has revealed a great deal of historical knowledge and insightful details about the battle, human culture of that era, and the overall history of the West. No Good Day to Die is a great read from beginning to end." –Phillip Thomas Tucker, Ph.D., historian and author of Death at the Little Bighorn

Where did you find that? Also, from one Stones fan to another, cool signature

 

[Gandycreek]

Where did you find that? Also, from one Stones fan to another, cool signature

Amazon. Reviews of "No Good Day To Die".

 

[Library Lady]

Here's another review for you.

No Good Day to Die - Historical Novel Society

Livingston, Montana, near Bozeman, marks Memorial Day by hanging up hundreds of white crosses, each commemorating a local veteran of wars ranging from Afghanistan at one end to the Civil War at the other. Mingled with the Civil War crosses are a few marked “Indian,” for these Northern Plains and...

historicalnovelsociety.org

 

[FZ11]

I just read the one-star reviews for his Death at the Little Bighorn: A New Look at Custer, His Tactics, and the Tragic Decisions Made at the Last Stand, and they all say he repeats-over and over and over--his "new look" theory that Custer's target was not Custer Hill but the Minniconjou camp, which is Carhartian bizarreness.

Medicine Tail Ford Historical Marker

As soldiers descend Medicine Tail Coulee, the Minniconjou and Cheyenne camps were on the western bank. (A historical marker located in Crow Agency in Big Horn County, Montana.)

www.hmdb.org

One reviewer pointed out his constant waving (virtue signaling...?) of his Phd and questions if its insecurity. He also says he overuses the word "paradoxically". Or maybe these reviews are fake; it may be Wittenberg review bombing over and over, goshdarnit!

A historian I respect, Bob Boze Bell, praises it, and I pray he was paid to.

I'll do a look inside to report soon...

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Junk book. One of the best books on this subject is Lakota Noon by Greg Michno.

 

[Belfoured]

Junk book. One of the best books on this subject is Lakota Noon by Greg Michno.

Seconded on Lakota Noon.

 

[TallTallMan]

Junk book. One of the best books on this subject is Lakota Noon by Greg Michno.

How's it junk? Badly written, historically inaccurate, etc.