Henry Bascom Smith
Autor von Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After
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Criticism has been given that the book revolves around reports and fragments of paper kept by Smith, however think again when you read it. This is a "What did you do in the war" book, and the memories are triggered and fleshed out using letters, reports and other snippets of information kept by Smith over time.
Even I - An Australian thought he glossed over the assassination of Lincoln, for his approach is to refer to it as a heinous crime, the capturing of individuals relating to the assassination rather than emotions. Fifty years after the event, Smith gives out a small amount of sorrow, but stays steadfast to the facts as they related only to him and his work.
This type of personal history is extremely valuable for historians and family historian, in here are names of individuals who a genealogist can trace to towns and villages on certain dates allowing one to build up a good picture of one's family past - whether you like it or not.… (mehr)