Speaking of long term projects, does anyone have an update on when the new edition of The River War is expected? Thanks.
Peter Wrobel. Sent from my iPhone XS Max > On Jun 18, 2019, at 9:33 AM, Richard Langworth <[email protected]> wrote: > > THE END IS NIGH! > > Sandy Finlayson writes: "Is there any news on when the next Churchill > Documents volume will be released?" > > The printer expects to ship Volume 22 ("The Opposition Years," August > 1945-October 1951) in July. Let's say availability by September. The final > Volume 23 ("Never Flinch, Never Weary," November 1951-January 1965) will > appear in the autumn. Like previous volumes, each will sell for only $60, > well under cost, but commercial considerations are not the priority. All > volumes to date are available from Hillsdale College Bookstore. > > Both volumes, well over 2500 pages, use a special paper designed to be thin > enough to bind, but not so thin as to cause "bleed-through" from print on the > other side. > > Late last March, all of us proofreaders, kibitzers and editors read the final > document (Lady Churchill to Prime Minister Harold Wilson, 9 February 1965), > and suddenly realized: IT'S OVER. The longest biography on the planet, 15 > million words, has ended, 57 years after Randolph Churchill set to work. If > he were here, I said on the recent Hillsdale Cruise, he would probably say, > "What took you so long?" > > Well, what took so long was that Martin Gilbert found one huge pile of stuff. > There is a "wodge" of documents virtually for every day of Churchill's life. > We had a gala banquet in London to celebrate Randolph, Martin, Dr. Larry Arnn > and the Great Work, attended by all who had a hand in it. Among them was Lady > Gilbert (Esther), who spoke eloquently of Martin, whose memory we cherish > across the years. Her remarks and others will be up on > winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu shortly. It was a moment. > > Now this is not the end, or even the beginning of the end. Plans are afoot > for further works, including a new edition of the Collected Essays—expanded > from the original four volumes to many more, thanks to new material in the > Ronald Cohen collection and the Gilbert Papers, now acquired by Hillsdale. > Some of it represents an "unknown canon" of obscure Churchill works, not seen > since first publication. Like the OB, there will be electronic as well as > print editions, and an expanded online facility to ease research for students > and scholars. > > If anyone would like to help support this great work, and have their name on > the wall in our new Archives Atrium, please contact me at > [email protected]. > > Richard M. Langworth CBE > Senior Fellow, Hillsdale College Churchill Project > winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu > richardlangworth.com > > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/churchillchat/1add2872-9b16-4f78-bee4-aa1ca3cd8aa6%40googlegroups.com. > 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/churchillchat/2E2E7AC5-E203-4024-AA87-14E14420BE3A%40yahoo.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
