Went over the rest of what is now Part 1 and started Part 2. I’ve printed out the Introduction and Part 1 and am going to look them over.

I also found a couple of new sources today, which makes me happy. It’s hard because, while one can check things out of the local library—not quite the normal way, but it’s possible—the local system here doesn’t have a lot that’s helpful, and I’m not too thrilled with the idea of traveling around to some of the larger libraries. It’s definitely one of those perfectionist things—I think I can crank out a perfectly good book without reading that biography of that one guy that went out of print decades ago—so I’m trying to focus on the fact that 90% is good enough here….