J.D.

I don’t disagree. My only point is that there is now an opportunity for those he did alienate to return to the fold. Nothing more, nothing less.

Eric

I thought the quality of the writing in Gettysburg Magazine was always a mixed bag, then and now, but generally of good quality. The lack of ads was one of the magazine’s charms. Bob could have made the publication into a money-making venture, with ads, and wider distribution, but that was never the objective, or so it seemed to me. The subject matter was a passion of his, and I think he was proud and pleased to do it on its own merits.

With all due respect, it sounds a bit harsh to say his recent death offers an “opportunity” for someone to invite you and other alienated authors to begin revitalizing his magazine. He did an amazing and generous thing with that publication, including giving a lot of amateur historians a serial outlet for their own serious research. Bob was famous for rubbing people the wrong way — even customers — and you’ve related your own sour business dealings in more than one post. But he’s not been long in the grave, and where Civil War publishing is concerned there’s still more to celebrate than to denigrate with Morningside.

Dave W.