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Jon--

All publicity is good publicity :P

In all seriousness, its a fine and fun book--those of you in the list who have not yet read it could do a lot worse than to pick it up and peruse it.  Check it out!

All best,
Kevin
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Kevin R. Hardwick
Associate Professor
Department of History, MSC 8001
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807
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From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Jon Kukla [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 5:39 PM
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Subject: Re: Historical Mystery Prize at the Virginia Historical Society

Graham-
  I guess its kind of flattering to be the "smart historian" whose "dogged
efforts" in my research for *Mr. Jefferson's Women* still left this
year's conundrum unanswered :-)

http://www.vahistorical.org/research/historicalmysteryprize.htm

My best guess is in print.  It will be interesting to see what others come
up with.

Jon Kukla
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On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Graham Dozier <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Historical Mystery Prize
>
> Historical research is often detective work. But even after the most dogged
> efforts of very smart historians, many questions remain unanswered about the
> people and events of the past. You do not have to go back to ancient history
> to be stumped by basic unknowns. Libraries and museums like those at the
> Virginia Historical Society contain numerous items not fully identified,
> such as unsigned letters, unidentified photographs, and other unexplained
> objects. Even more puzzling are greater unknowns scattered throughout the
> history of our country, some of them in the lives of even the most famous
> Americans.
>
> The VHS has created a feature on its web site to help resolve some of these
> conundrums. The Historical Mystery Prize will be given for the most
> persuasive argument made to answer the featured mystery, which consists of a
> particularly thorny unresolved issue from history.
>
> The problem we pose for 2011-12 concerns a Thomas Jefferson letter. We do
> not know the answer; there may not be a winner. Perhaps it is an unsolvable
> mystery, but perhaps you can find an answer that makes sense. The person who
> submits the most cogent explanation by May 1, 2012, will receive a check for
> $1,000 at the annual VHS awards luncheon in July.
>
> To find out more about this year's conundrum, and to submit your answer,
> visit http://www.vahistorical.org/research/historicalmysteryprize.htm
>
> Graham T. Dozier
> Managing Editor of Publications
> Virginia Historical Society
>
>
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