Academics vs. Knowlton

Or, maybe, against me?

When I published my biography of Dr. Charles Knowlton, I posted a notice about Infidel Body-Snatcher on C19, a 19th-century Americanists academic newsgroup. A PhD candidate from the University of Chicago Divinity School responded and asked for a review copy. He asked me for my thoughts on self-publishing and particularly for how I thought it related to …