Ms. McCartney does pull together in one place a lot of material and, I, 
too, appreciate it's presentation; however, Mr. Chandler is correct in 
that she does not include all the new research. For example, while she 
does reference an early article on the Rev. Buck's family published in 
the /Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, /she fails to reference a later 
article that further delineates his family.

As any writer/editor will tell you, nothing is ever perfect. One needs 
to be aware of the limitations of any published material of this type-it 
will never be complete and all inclusive. I would think that the more 
important question would be-does it reflect/include (accurately and 
completely) all the material that it draws from.

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Craig Kilby wrote:
> Joe:
>
> Just what is she recycling?  I have never seen so much material all 
> put together in one book like that.  No, she didn't discover any new 
> cache of heretofore unknown documents, but she makes good use of the 
> ones there are.  Just having the source material sorted out by 
> individual is a Godsend.  I didn't recommend the book for yet another 
> history of Jamestown.  There is enough of that already. We bought it 
> for what its really strong suit is -- biographies.  If you can do a 
> better job, we'd be happy to consider buying your new book too.
>
> Craig
>
> On Dec 14, 2008, at 10:40 PM, Joe Chandler wrote:
>
>> My observation is that the McCartney book recycles a
>> lot of old stuff and DOES  NOT reflect a lot of recent
>> research.
>>
>> I.e., beware.
>>
>> jc
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --- Judith Bailey Gabor <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> In 2007, Martha McCartney published /Virginia
>>> Immigrants and Adventurers
>>> 1607-1635./
>>>
>>> Pp 33-37 and following seem to sum up the Jamestown
>>> experience pretty
>>> well for me in a condensed fashion.
>>>
>>> What do you Jamestown experts have to say?
>>>
>>> Since it is so recently published, does this book
>>> present a more
>>> accurate description of the Jamestown experience,
>>> clearing up past
>>> misinformation?
>>>
>>> I must say parenthetically that I came across the
>>> book in North Carolina
>>> and haven't seen it in VA so it may be new to most.
>>>
>>> If anyone has read this, I would enjoy reading your
>>> comments.
>>>
>>> Judith B. Gabor
>>>
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