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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