tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20136268.post3053724737322614957..comments2024-02-08T23:48:48.397-05:00Comments on <p><big>JOHN BROWN TODAY</big></p><p><i><center>A Biographer's Blog</center></i></p>: Louis A. DeCaro, Jr. . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/10895195726778019518noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20136268.post-90610500948531255002011-06-21T17:28:51.243-04:002011-06-21T17:28:51.243-04:00Dear Melchiar243,
Wow, yes this was quite a while...Dear Melchiar243,<br /><br />Wow, yes this was quite a while ago, but your point is worth noting for the sake of clarification. <br /><br />Assuming you're correct, this only means Mr. Clancy is not directly to blame. The point itself still remains about the negative association reinforced by the character in the game. Furthermore, if Mr. Clancy is only lending his name and cashing the paycheck, on some level he is still accountable.Louis A. DeCaro, Jr. . .https://www.blogger.com/profile/10895195726778019518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20136268.post-92180288941554530822011-06-21T17:09:10.465-04:002011-06-21T17:09:10.465-04:00I realize that it is over four years ago you made ...I realize that it is over four years ago you made this blog, but I just wanted to point out one critical flaw with your analysis of the game Double Agent: Even though the full title is Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent, Clancy is barely involved in the creation of the games. He only lends his name and cashes his paycheck every now and again when Ubisoft comes out with a new Splinter Cell.melchiar243https://www.blogger.com/profile/02510450657274990234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20136268.post-22953986065942065252007-03-08T01:59:00.000-05:002007-03-08T01:59:00.000-05:00Dear KevinThank you for your kind remarks about my...Dear Kevin<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your kind remarks about my JB blog. I'll check out your civil war memory blog.--LD<BR/><BR/>Dear Prosehack<BR/><BR/>I'm not too swift at monitoring comments but found two on a recent entry, including yours.<BR/><BR/>The book I think you are trying to recall is John Stauffer's THE BLACK HEARTS of MEN. I would advise you to use it with caution and not as the last word. Stauffer is a very bright man, but he is not a good historian. His work on Brown is fraught with difficulties and problems, some of them due to his abuse of the historical record in order to make it justify his premise. He has Brown's religion all wrong. There are other works on Douglass that should help. My own impression is that he began as an evangelical but ended up somewhat more theologically liberal. I address the friendship of Brown and Douglass in my forthcoming book, John Brown--the Cost of Freedom. I am particularly interested in how Douglass stylized his autobiography to smooth over the rough edges of the hurt feelings and disappointment that existed between them at the end of Brown's life. <BR/><BR/>PS Did you ever see Waldo Martin Jr.'s THE MIND OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS?--LDLouis A. DeCaro, Jr. . .https://www.blogger.com/profile/10895195726778019518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20136268.post-55447389725597842652007-03-05T21:43:00.000-05:002007-03-05T21:43:00.000-05:00hello. I was trying to find your email address, wi...hello. I was trying to find your email address, with no luck. So I'm hoping you moniter your comments!<BR/><BR/>I'm working on an essay/chapter about the religious views of Fred Douglass. I recall a book about the relationship b/t Brown and Frederick Douglass...but I cannot recall the title of it. I searched through your blogs to see if you had a posting on the two men's friendship, but found nothing.<BR/><BR/>Do you know of any such book? I am nearly losing my mind.<BR/><BR/>Thanks so much. I have enjoyed reading in your blog.Otterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07364998371900553068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20136268.post-7123419428565550562007-02-19T18:57:00.000-05:002007-02-19T18:57:00.000-05:00Wonderful post and a dynamite all around theme for...Wonderful post and a dynamite all around theme for a blog. I am also interested in popular perceptions of the Civil War along with race and slavery. My blog is called Civil War Memory: www.civilwarmemory.typepad.comKevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16445268373019332557noreply@blogger.com