tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post6929401071685241197..comments2024-01-06T10:36:04.084-05:00Comments on A Commonplace Blog: Evan S. Connell, 1924–2013D. G. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659136455045567825noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-81976872204585447562014-01-12T01:29:21.456-05:002014-01-12T01:29:21.456-05:00Sorry to hear Mr. Connell passed. I have read Son ...Sorry to hear Mr. Connell passed. I have read Son of the Morning Star a couple of times, and found it interesting and at the same time somewhat puzzling. It's non-fiction, but written with much more of a novelist's touch than is typical for narrative history. I found that fascinating, but at the same time was always curious why the author wrote the book the way he did. It's obviously not in the vein of "standard" history--it's a book about Custer, and he doesn't get mentioned for almost a hundred pages at the start of the book. <br /><br />I have read a lot of stuff on the Little Bighorn, and once wrote a magazine article on the subject. When I did, I think I read "Son of the Morning Star" last, more for its literary content than for any sort of historical information. It's almost as if Connell didn't want to convey any actual knowledge, but instead was trying to recreate the era, as he saw it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-68329874596292021452013-02-05T23:45:22.545-05:002013-02-05T23:45:22.545-05:00Glad to read of your preference for the Muhlbach n...Glad to read of your preference for the Muhlbach novels. Little-known fact: Lambeth Brent is partially spun out of a couple of weeks that Connell kept company with Raymond Carver's sister-in-law, Amy Burk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-68666664322876758422013-01-18T15:15:49.841-05:002013-01-18T15:15:49.841-05:00One of our faculty members was starting to teach M...One of our faculty members was starting to teach Mrs. Bridge when this news arrived. Yes, very sad, especially as Connell seemed to be rather forlorn at the end.Steve Pascholdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-15028195261898561282013-01-17T09:19:39.134-05:002013-01-17T09:19:39.134-05:00I very much enjoyed Connell's Custer book when...I very much enjoyed Connell's Custer book when it came out. It was much more about Custer than about Little Big Horn--well, at least to the extent that the person can be separated from the disastrous encounter in Montana. I never connected the dots between the nonfiction and the fiction--I had, I think, simply thought they were written by different fellows with the same name. Thank you for making the connection for me.R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-56982411474981039432013-01-17T02:52:28.172-05:002013-01-17T02:52:28.172-05:00Evan S. Connell you will always be missed by your ...Evan S. Connell you will always be missed by your big family.Herihttp://www.tokotop.comnoreply@blogger.com