tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post3002762026003543841..comments2024-03-26T11:03:45.486+00:00Comments on Let us Talk of Many Things; of Books and Queens and Pirates, of Mystery and Kings...: H is for...(John) Henry HollidayHelen Hollickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04292983846350273039noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-70917432686967530712016-04-11T07:09:58.554+00:002016-04-11T07:09:58.554+00:00Thanks Donna!Thanks Donna!Helen Hollickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292983846350273039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-7642362198429486312016-04-10T20:04:08.495+00:002016-04-10T20:04:08.495+00:00Brilliant idea to invite others to join in on the ...Brilliant idea to invite others to join in on the challenge at your blog and to interview their characters. Keeps a fresh perspective! Donna McDinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00959673932828354020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-37794988860185594002016-04-10T18:32:08.243+00:002016-04-10T18:32:08.243+00:00Hello Pat! Can you email me - would love to meet f...Hello Pat! Can you email me - would love to meet for a coffee (I'm at Chittlehamholt, near South Molton) mail me via the contact form top right-hand column Helen Hollickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292983846350273039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-178036762128565592016-04-10T18:29:22.283+00:002016-04-10T18:29:22.283+00:00Thank you - mustb admit bto having great fun prepa...Thank you - mustb admit bto having great fun preparing the posts as well! Helen Hollickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292983846350273039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-48839145752216658782016-04-10T13:59:56.623+00:002016-04-10T13:59:56.623+00:00What a brilliant idea to interview a book characte...What a brilliant idea to interview a book character! I really loved this one. I came to you via Kathleen Valentine's blog in the A to Z Challenge where you mentioned you were from Devon. Me too! I live near Crediton and write a monthly column for Devon Life. I haven't read any of your books - yet. I am certainly going to investigate. I love history. From Pat Keenor . Around My Kitchen Tablehttp://www.aroundmykitchentable.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-9597561513535290632016-04-09T21:19:23.410+00:002016-04-09T21:19:23.410+00:00Excellent! I like to know I'm safe in the hand...Excellent! I like to know I'm safe in the hands of an expert when I read.1889 bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18239938230160500561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-87917989047507895542016-04-09T19:41:22.708+00:002016-04-09T19:41:22.708+00:00Let me know how you liked it (or not) once you rea...Let me know how you liked it (or not) once you read it. I have always loved good westerns, and I love reading the history of the west. Like they say, You can't make this stuff up!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17364656559723653052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-62175193389693275042016-04-09T19:28:15.580+00:002016-04-09T19:28:15.580+00:00I believe my book takes a unique look at Holiday&#...I believe my book takes a unique look at Holiday's life, and certainly utilizes a very different style of writing to do so. Like I said, I did a great deal of research and tried to stay true to the main facts of his life and time. But I was also paid a great deal of attention to the style and quality of my writing. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17364656559723653052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-15625702852421802292016-04-09T19:22:56.419+00:002016-04-09T19:22:56.419+00:00You have no idea how fascinating. The people who p...You have no idea how fascinating. The people who passed through the American west during the nineteenth century were in a class by themselves. The movies that have been made about this time period are tame by comparison.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17364656559723653052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-36050376935363234982016-04-09T19:20:50.517+00:002016-04-09T19:20:50.517+00:00Forgot to answer your other question Steven. Matti...Forgot to answer your other question Steven. Mattie Holliday (who later became Sister Mary Melanie), lived to be in her eighties. According to Gary Roberts' excellent biography of Doc Holliday, she kept some of the letters she received from John Henry (probably the more prosaic ones) and destroyed the rest. People were very careful in those days to preserve their reputations, and Mattie's and John Henry's families had an especially challenging task in doing so because of his activities. I've read references to the letters that were kept, but I don't know if they still exist or not. They described places he went, people he met, etc. The ones that were destroyed, who knows? That's what my book is about.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17364656559723653052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-91431357932495245422016-04-09T19:09:49.198+00:002016-04-09T19:09:49.198+00:00The research is the fun part. It's a shame tha...The research is the fun part. It's a shame that schools make history such a dull topic for children. The truth is, reading history can be every bit as fascinating (or more) than reading a good novel.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17364656559723653052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-71503759536185327852016-04-09T19:07:29.959+00:002016-04-09T19:07:29.959+00:00Steven: For my purposes, I relied on secondary sou...Steven: For my purposes, I relied on secondary sources only, but used them judiciously. What I did do, is research the time period and the places John Henry lived in extensively: books on social mores in the South during the Civil War and afterwards during Reconstruction; books on Native Americans in Arizona; books on gambling and, of course, books on the history of Texas. Absolutely fascinating research, and provided me with material for many books to come. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17364656559723653052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-81195625891264112802016-04-09T18:55:15.325+00:002016-04-09T18:55:15.325+00:00Lucienne: My book is a very different sort of &quo...Lucienne: My book is a very different sort of "Western." After doing a ton of research, I tried to get inside John Henry's mind--what he must have been thinking and feeling throughout his troubled life.<br /> Mary Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17364656559723653052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-56074989449455175242016-04-09T18:30:59.713+00:002016-04-09T18:30:59.713+00:00How fun to interview characters in books. I enjoye...How fun to interview characters in books. I enjoyed this and I learned a lot about the character and the story.cleemckenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456109243453726483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-16292007097056579802016-04-09T17:47:30.861+00:002016-04-09T17:47:30.861+00:00My mother was a huge Zane Grey fan and so I was ra...My mother was a huge Zane Grey fan and so I was raised on cowboy books and films - High Noon, The Searchers, True Grit etc. She loved 'Do not forsake me oh my darling' There was a romance to the west that she loved and she bought us children's books set in the West - I remember in particular the Children of the Oregan Trail and books by Kenneth Ulyatt - Custer's Gold so I'm really looking forward to reading this one. It sounds great. Victoria Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02858760825697083275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-67906994194104246292016-04-09T16:51:02.173+00:002016-04-09T16:51:02.173+00:00Thanks for leaving a comment Kathleen - I'm in...Thanks for leaving a comment Kathleen - I'm intrigued by this different aspect of Doc H as well!Helen Hollickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292983846350273039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-84951973813321935992016-04-09T16:49:44.021+00:002016-04-09T16:49:44.021+00:00Mmm very fitting tune!Mmm very fitting tune!Helen Hollickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292983846350273039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-74619377004657137932016-04-09T16:46:56.393+00:002016-04-09T16:46:56.393+00:00I have to look for this. I've read Mary Doria ...I have to look for this. I've read Mary Doria Russell's DOC but this is new to me. Thanks.<br /><br />Meet My Imaginary Friends<br />#AtoZchallenge http://www.kathleenvalentineblog.com/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15964712984479525970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-45959005381225860732016-04-09T15:18:01.451+00:002016-04-09T15:18:01.451+00:00For some reason, that favourite scene of Doc had m...For some reason, that favourite scene of Doc had me hearing Beethoven's Pathetique in my head - beautiful but melancholic. Despite having a fear of dentists, this is one "tooth-doctor" I'd like to know more aboutAnna Belfragehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09159728310623757488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-57818340460255222222016-04-09T15:05:21.467+00:002016-04-09T15:05:21.467+00:00Val Kilmer... sigh....Val Kilmer... sigh....Helen Hollickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292983846350273039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-11700595935579306342016-04-09T15:02:00.124+00:002016-04-09T15:02:00.124+00:00Thanks Miriam - wonderful of you to drop by! Thanks Miriam - wonderful of you to drop by! Helen Hollickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292983846350273039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-2987627576269465752016-04-09T15:01:31.573+00:002016-04-09T15:01:31.573+00:00and the way we've heard it - via the movies is...and the way we've heard it - via the movies is probably ball wrong....Helen Hollickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292983846350273039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-31962951919019028762016-04-09T15:00:39.985+00:002016-04-09T15:00:39.985+00:00I'll second that Inge!I'll second that Inge!Helen Hollickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292983846350273039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-41352996615452927542016-04-09T15:00:09.894+00:002016-04-09T15:00:09.894+00:00Good question Steven - I don't think Mary'...Good question Steven - I don't think Mary's been on line yet, looking forward to her answer!Helen Hollickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292983846350273039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132364668526714411.post-62042629639390679692016-04-09T14:58:57.993+00:002016-04-09T14:58:57.993+00:00Interesting to read something different about a fa...Interesting to read something different about a familiar subject isn't it? Helen Hollickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292983846350273039noreply@blogger.com