Comments on: The Past Is Never Dead–Is It? http://www.harrymaclean.com/blog/the-past-is-never-dead-is-it/ A master of narrative nonfiction and true crime Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:31:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Harry http://www.harrymaclean.com/blog/the-past-is-never-dead-is-it/#comment-68 Harry Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:26:24 +0000 http://www.harrymaclean.com/blog/?p=96#comment-68 Thanks for the comment. Writing about the law so it is accurate and also understandable for the non-lawyer is sometimes a great challenge. Thanks for the comment. Writing about the law so it is accurate and also understandable for the non-lawyer is sometimes a great challenge.

]]> By: victoria bynum http://www.harrymaclean.com/blog/the-past-is-never-dead-is-it/#comment-67 victoria bynum Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:32:35 +0000 http://www.harrymaclean.com/blog/?p=96#comment-67 I just discovered your work while perusing Mississippi books on Amazon.com. Looks like I need to get reading! Your studies sound fascinating. I love social histories that center around legal trials, especially when they're written by lawyers who know how to write AND know the law! Best, Vikki Bynum I just discovered your work while perusing Mississippi books on Amazon.com. Looks like I need to get reading! Your studies sound fascinating. I love social histories that center around legal trials, especially when they’re written by lawyers who know how to write AND know the law!

Best,
Vikki Bynum

]]> By: harry maclean http://www.harrymaclean.com/blog/the-past-is-never-dead-is-it/#comment-66 harry maclean Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:46:49 +0000 http://www.harrymaclean.com/blog/?p=96#comment-66 I used to suggest half jokingly to friends and residents in Skidmore that they have a reenactment of the shooting every July. I've come to believe it might be the only way the town comes to grips with it -- to move the killing into a place in history. I used to suggest half jokingly to friends and residents in Skidmore that they have a reenactment of the shooting every July. I’ve come to believe it might be the only way the town comes to grips with it — to move the killing into a place in history.

]]> By: D.W. Palme http://www.harrymaclean.com/blog/the-past-is-never-dead-is-it/#comment-65 D.W. Palme Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:05:16 +0000 http://www.harrymaclean.com/blog/?p=96#comment-65 It is an interesting topic Harry, even if you look at Ken Rex, the past of what happened is still not dead - not in Kc, not in Des Moines and certainly not in Skidmore to the dismay of its residents. It is an interesting topic Harry, even if you look at Ken Rex, the past of what happened is still not dead – not in Kc, not in Des Moines and certainly not in Skidmore to the dismay of its residents.

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