Well said Lee. I have been waiting for many years for this book. I have a first edition, third impression of the two volume "The River War" but will buy this new edition the day it is available.
Jon Reinhardt Sent from Jon's iPhone > On Oct 19, 2015, at 10:01 PM, Lee Pollock <pollock...@rcn.com> wrote: > > On behalf of The Churchill Centre, I would like to offer some comments on the > various recent messages regarding Jim Muller’s edition of The River War. > > I cannot speak directly for Jim and/or the publisher and certainly this work > has been in process for a long time. > > That said, I hope we all recognize and remember what an enormous effort is > involved in producing this. The St. Augustine website aptly notes: > > Editor James W. Muller’s more than fifteen years of research adds thousands > of new footnotes identifying people who figure in The River War, explaining > Churchill’s references to other books and events, tracking down the original > dispatches and illustrations, and establishing a text that encompasses all > variations in previous editions. > > Jim has been working assiduously on this for some years, while teaching > full-time as well as remaining involved in and highly supportive of many > other things in the Churchill world, including the work of the Centre. We > are most grateful for his continued support. > > Again, I can’t speak specifically for either Jim or St. Augustine but I would > caution against the thought that the long time frame is the publisher’s fault > or that they have somehow been deliberately dragging this out. The > suggestion that there should be a change of publisher is easy to make but in > a challenging publishing environment generally, this is a niche product and > having someone else step up is easier said than done, even if that were > desirable. I don’t know the nature of Jim’s arrangements with St. Augustine > but I don’t think it’s correct suggest that they “commissioned” him to > produce this or that they provided some significant advance for it. (Jim > would probably say, “would that were so…”) > > I hope this clarifies the situation and I will ask Jim to provide any updates > he can on the timing of publication. > > This will be a landmark in Churchill books and I hope all of the members of > this Chat Group will buy a copy. It will surely be worth having and reading. > > Thanks. > > Lee > > Lee Pollock > Executive Director > The Churchill Centre > (312) 263-5637 > lpoll...@winstonchurchill.org > > From: churchillchat@googlegroups.com [mailto:churchillchat@googlegroups.com] > On Behalf Of chateaustegosau...@att.net > Sent: Monday, October 19, 2015 3:25 PM > To: churchillchat@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: [ChurchillChat] River War Publication > > So River War is still under copyright. > > Jonathan Hayes > > From: Allen Packwood <allen.packw...@chu.cam.ac.uk> > To: "'churchillchat@googlegroups.com'" <churchillchat@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Monday, October 19, 2015 9:06 AM > Subject: RE: [ChurchillChat] River War Publication > > British copyright law in published material is 70 years from the date of the > death of the author. > > Allen > > > > From: churchillchat@googlegroups.com [mailto:churchillchat@googlegroups.com] > On Behalf Of chateaustegosau...@att.net > Sent: 19 October 2015 16:13 > To: churchillchat@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: [ChurchillChat] River War Publication > > Not sure about British copyright laws but anything published in the US prior > to 1923 is out of copyright and in the public domain. > > Hillsdale College has been reprinting a lot of the official biography > companion volumes. Wonder if they'd be interested? > > Jonathan Hayes > > From: 'Mark Lowrey' via ChurchillChat <churchillchat@googlegroups.com> > To: churchillchat@googlegroups.com > Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 5:16 PM > Subject: Re: [ChurchillChat] River War Publication > > Even a Taiwan bootleg edition would suffice. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Turrell <daturr...@verizon.net> > To: churchillchat <churchillchat@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Sun, Oct 18, 2015 7:01 pm > Subject: RE: [ChurchillChat] River War Publication > It’s been going on for at least 11 years to my personal knowledge. As the > Texans might say, this would appear to be a publisher that is all hat and no > cattle… or, as we Brits might prefer it, all mouth and trousers. > > Their lesser known publication of Savrola remains equally ethereal. > > My guess would be if Prof. Muller was paid to do the editing and annotation > work then St. Augustine’s is pretty much bullet-proof in their choice as to > when or if to publish it. > > I see no reason, however, that the vanilla text of The River War should not > be republished as is – I cannot imagine that St. Augustine’s bought the > copyright to that. If it can be done then it would be a great service to > Churchill bibliography – the full text has not been published since the first > edition of 1899/1900. > > Dave > > From: churchillchat@googlegroups.com [mailto:churchillchat@googlegroups.com] > On Behalf Of chateaustegosau...@att.net > Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 5:38 PM > To: ChurchillChat@googlegroups.com > Subject: [ChurchillChat] River War Publication > > St. Augustine's Press still has The River War under "Forthcoming Books", yet > still no publication date. This has been going on for a donkey's years - > has Prof. Muller considered dropping these people and going with some > publisher who's actually willing to publish? It would seem that if he has a > contract that St. Augustine's Press' lack of performance would be sufficient > reason to abandon ship. > > Just a thought. > > Jonathan Hayes > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. 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