tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post7160055872491053223..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: Social NetworkingJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-62519994803827352112013-01-25T11:55:57.553-05:002013-01-25T11:55:57.553-05:00Sheila, have you read Malcolm Gladwell's Tippi...Sheila, have you read Malcolm Gladwell's Tipping Point? He mentions another man who made a ride similar to Revere's the same night but didn't get the same response, so the towns he alerted were not prepared. The theory is that Revere was so well-connected -- by personality, a connector who knew everyone, introduced people to others with whom they became friends or business associates,Leslie Budewitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11942314846112875042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-8499695525814948102013-01-25T10:20:51.362-05:002013-01-25T10:20:51.362-05:00Sometimes I think Paul Revere had a very good publ...Sometimes I think Paul Revere had a very good publicist. David Hackett Fischer published a great book in 1995, called Paul Revere's Ride, in which he gave some of the oft-omitted details. Like when Revere arrived at the tavern in Lexington where Sam Adams and (heck, I forget who else) were hanging out--with all the important documents relating to the colonials' cause. There ensued muchSheila Connollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165644581595919711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-22631063567506467522013-01-25T08:49:01.302-05:002013-01-25T08:49:01.302-05:00FYI: Another Revere colleague: http://petticoatsan...FYI: Another Revere colleague: http://petticoatsandpistols.com/2011/06/15/the-midnight-ride-of-sybil-ludington-tanya-hanson/Liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-7292610279324382932013-01-25T07:54:19.172-05:002013-01-25T07:54:19.172-05:00Good question; I think about our faster pace of li...Good question; I think about our faster pace of life often and wonder at its ramifications. But since we're immersed in it, we probably can't know its effect until we see it in retrospect.<br /><br />All of the electronic chatter reminds me of what the CIA has to go through to find the nuggets of real information. :)Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.com