From: George Blaisdell (maqhth@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Jan 19 1999 - 12:52:48 EST
>From: "Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu>
>Subject: Re: Basil Gildersleeve
>>And this thread has got me to wondering if Capt. Gildersleeve might
also
>>be the historical person that Larry MacMurtrey had in mind when he
>>created the character of the 1st captain in the Texas Rangers in
>>Commanche Moon, who later went on to distinguish himself in the Civil
>>War in that novel. [He was the one carving Homer in Greek on a rock
>>face to keep himself sane in tortuous captivity by a notorious
>>Commanche, noted some months back by Carl Conrad.]
>That hadn't occurred to me, but it's by no means unconceivable that
>MacMurtrey had him in mind; as I recall the Captain in Comanche Moon
did go
>back to teaching at Harvard after his experiences; my recollection,
>however, is that although he knew Greek, he was more into Physics or
one of
>the empirical sciences.
I would give it very close to a slam dunk, especially given the uncial
rock carving.
McMurtrey [Lisa corrected me on the spelling of his name] did give him a
short-ended assessment concerning his military endeavors in Texas,
calling him an 'adventurer' [meaning, I presume, that he had no Texas
roots or loyalty], and that shortcoming in his character was one that
Capt. Call made sure he did not have in HIS character.
McMurtrey, I'll betcha, had ol' Gildersleeve as ASSIGNED reading once...
[:-)] Or, given the range of his reading, he just might have read his
bio on his own. Short of ASKING him, how would one know, or even know
if he was familiar with him at all? Anybody on this list in contact
with Larry McMurtrey??
[I guess this marginally qualifies as notational scribblings to our
b-greek efforts here...?]
George
George Blaisdell
Roslyn, WA
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