At the 23rd International Churchill Conference - Chicago, IL 2006, contributors at the $5000 level were promised a copy of this book. Barbara Langworth
> On Oct 22, 2016, at 7:32 PM, Lee Pollock <pollock...@rcn.com> wrote: > > Stan – your inference is incorrect. The publication of this book is not and > never has been a direct undertaking or commitment of The Churchill Centre, as > much as we try to support Prof. Muller on this and all of his other work. We > will be ordering a substantial number of copies when it is published and > publicizing it to our members and other contacts around the world. > > The suggestion that there has been any lack of candor with respect to the > timing of this book is not warranted. > > At this point, this subject has been thoroughly discussed and further > commentary about the date of publication may not be helpful. When it is > published, this list will be among the groups informed and I hope that > everyone, including those who have been anxiously awaiting its appearance > will buy one or more sets. > > Thank you. > <> > From: churchillchat@googlegroups.com <mailto:churchillchat@googlegroups.com> > [mailto:churchillchat@googlegroups.com > <mailto:churchillchat@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf Of STAN ORCHARD > Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2016 6:02 PM > To: churchillchat@googlegroups.com <mailto:churchillchat@googlegroups.com> > Subject: RE: [ChurchillChat] The River War > > My interpretation of Lee's posting is that there is some financial > contribution threshold from The Churchill Centre that needs to be reached > before the book can be published. And if the Centre had more cash flow the > book would have been printed and shipped long ago. If this is the case then > why not just confess the shortfall and provide everyone with a realistic > timeline to publication based upon facts and circumstances that everyone can > understand. Is this the end? The beginning of the end? Or, at least the > end of the beginning? > > Stan > > BullfrogControl.com <http://bullfrogcontrol.com/> Inc. > 69A Burnside Road West > Victoria, British Columbia > CANADA V9A 1B6 > > bullfrogcont...@shaw.ca <mailto:bullfrogcont...@shaw.ca> > 250-858-FROG (3764) > www.bullfrogcontrol.com <http://www.bullfrogcontrol.com/> > > Sent from my BlackBerry® PlayBook™ > www.blackberry.com <http://www.blackberry.com/> > > From: "Lee Pollock" <pollock...@rcn.com <mailto:pollock...@rcn.com>> > To: "churchillchat@googlegroups.com <mailto:churchillchat@googlegroups.com>" > <churchillchat@googlegroups.com <mailto:churchillchat@googlegroups.com>> > Sent: 22 October, 2016 3:05 PM > Subject: RE: [ChurchillChat] The River War > > Dear Jonathan: > > I wish I could tell you and the other members of this chat group that Prof. > Muller has been “well compensated” for his 15+ years of work on this immense > undertaking, but that unfortunately is not the case. While The Churchill > Centre has been continuously supportive of his efforts on this and other > Churchill works, we are a small non-profit and have limited funds available > for grants for research and writing, no matter how worthy, as this edition of > The River War surely is. > > Specialized works of this kind do not garner big advances from publishers and > St. Augustine Press itself is a small independent enterprise in a world > where the publishing and bookselling trades are under stress. > > But I would like to offer the following suggestions: > > 1. This chat group has a fairly large number of members, many of whom > are not members of The Churchill Centre. I encourage those of you who are > not to join, which you can do online or by using the attached form. If you > so indicate, one hundred percent of your first year’s dues will be used to > support the research and writing of Prof. Muller and other scholars. > > 2. For those who are already members (and for others): we welcome > contributions of any amount that you might consider and you can designate > that your funds be used to support publication of this new edition of The > River War and/or for general research by Prof. Muller and others. > > I hope you will all give favorable consideration to these suggestions. > > Lee Pollock > Executive Director > The Churchill Centre > Chicago, IL 60603 > lpoll...@winstonchurchill.org <mailto:lpoll...@winstonchurchill.org> > > > > From: churchillchat@googlegroups.com <mailto:churchillchat@googlegroups.com> > [mailto:churchillchat@googlegroups.com > <mailto:churchillchat@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf Of > chateaustegosau...@att.net <mailto:chateaustegosau...@att.net> > Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2016 11:38 AM > To: churchillchat@googlegroups.com <mailto:churchillchat@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: [ChurchillChat] The (mythical) River War > > I, also, received a notice that the October pub date was off, but they didn't > give a new one. I hope Prof. Muller has been well compensated for his work > 'cause there ain't going to be any royalties. > > Jonathan Hayes > > From: Dave Turrell <daturr...@verizon.net <mailto:daturr...@verizon.net>> > To: churchillchat@googlegroups.com <mailto:churchillchat@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Friday, October 21, 2016 4:40 PM > Subject: [ChurchillChat] The (mythical) River War > > In doing some desultory web browsing today, I note that the latest date that > St Augustine Press has been giving for publication of Jim Muller’s ‘River > War’ (September 2016) has been and gone, like so many of their other proposed > publication dates over the last 15 years or more. Checking with Amazon, it > seems that they were, at least, not taken in by the latest, and still show a > publication date of November 2013. While I think that most of us have come > to accept the prospect of publication of this work as being something of a > bizarre ongoing joke, I wonder if St. Augustine will get round to not > referring to their offering as having a foreword by “Churchill’s only > surviving child, Lady Soames”. That strikes me as being a little tacky, at > best. > > Cheers, > > Dave > -- > 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 > <mailto:churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com > <mailto:churchillchat@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat > <https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <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 > <mailto:churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com > <mailto:churchillchat@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat > <https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <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 > <mailto:churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com > <mailto:churchillchat@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat > <https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <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 > <mailto:churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com > <mailto:churchillchat@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat > <https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <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 > <mailto:churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com > <mailto:churchillchat@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat > <https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. 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