truck-with-books.jpgThe stone observatory on the Bloody lane is now finished and ready for visitors. The view from this point alone is worth a visit to the famous Bloody lane as you can take in the entire right to the left nearly four miles. There will be, when all planted, nearly four hundred markers, giving one a good idea of the entire battle field with the advantage of the good roads. Every body ought to visit it and make a study of this great battle.
What is next?
Submitted by StephenRecker on Tue, 10/16/2012 - 11:54pm
The shipping company showed up a few days ago and dropped a ton and a half (literally) of books on my driveway. Sales have been brisk and the response has been positive. I am getting it into stores, working on an eBook version, ad booking more speaking engagements and book signings. But what project to do next?
My first thought was that after I finished my book I would get a day or two to take a nap. That's not going to happen. The reality is that I want to get to work on another book. I have a design I like and a printer I like. I also have hundreds of rare Antietam photos that very few people have seen. So, a volume two would seem to be the logical choice.
But I also have the rights to publish an unpublished manuscript of a surgeon who served a year on a hospital transport with Grant's army in the Overland Campaign. It reads like Forrest Gump meets Huck Finn. But it would have to be out by 2014 to take advantage of the 150th Anniversary. I'd also like to finish Virtual Antietam, which is going to take major programming time. There are also a few other irons I have in the fire that I can't talk about. So, what to do!?
About
Hello. I'm Stephen Recker and welcome to my blog. In it I will be discussing the different projects I am working on related to the American Civil War with a focus on photography related to the battle of Antietam. I am particularly interested in how the battlefield has been interpreted throughout the years. I will be discussing how it was done then and how new technologies can be brought to bear to bring life to those old materials as well as new ones. See the 99 Places Every Antietam Battlefield Guide Should Know.
Sharpsburg Items
Antietam Valley Record
Thursday, September 5, 1895