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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Dean" data-source="post: 3075063" data-attributes="member: 9199">Wow! The alzheimer's must be really kicking in today.&nbsp; The funny thing is, I was mentally thinking of &quot;On the March&quot; but typed in &quot;at the Charge&quot;.&nbsp; Must be that I was subliminally voicing my opinion of my favorite Flashman book.I've always thought that GMF must have at least some pretty extensive notes on what he wanted for a Civil War edition, because he's made quite a few references to events in other books.&nbsp; I don't know if you ever read the Travis McGee books by John D. McDonald, but all of his titles (there were about 20) have a color in the title (e.g. &quot;the Long Blue Goodbye,&quot; or &quot;The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper&quot;).&nbsp; Glen Cook later paid homage to Travis McGee with his Garret, P.I. books, btw.&nbsp; But there was always a rumour that McDonald had written the &quot;Black&quot; book for Travis McGee, in which he is killed off. It never materialized after McDonald died. Hopefully, the Civil War papers is not Fraser's &quot;Black&quot; book, and merely a rumour.And speaking of that, I wonder if Fraser ever thought about a short story about Flashy's end; I know he lived to be in his 90's, and I think it would be a great story.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Michael Dean, post: 3075063, member: 9199"] Wow! The alzheimer's must be really kicking in today. The funny thing is, I was mentally thinking of "On the March" but typed in "at the Charge". Must be that I was subliminally voicing my opinion of my favorite Flashman book. I've always thought that GMF must have at least some pretty extensive notes on what he wanted for a Civil War edition, because he's made quite a few references to events in other books. I don't know if you ever read the Travis McGee books by John D. McDonald, but all of his titles (there were about 20) have a color in the title (e.g. "the Long Blue Goodbye," or "The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper"). Glen Cook later paid homage to Travis McGee with his Garret, P.I. books, btw. But there was always a rumour that McDonald had written the "Black" book for Travis McGee, in which he is killed off. It never materialized after McDonald died. Hopefully, the Civil War papers is not Fraser's "Black" book, and merely a rumour. And speaking of that, I wonder if Fraser ever thought about a short story about Flashy's end; I know he lived to be in his 90's, and I think it would be a great story. [/QUOTE]

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