tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262783067993808760.post1087407982366139858..comments2023-09-29T06:18:27.221-07:00Comments on Cosmic America: I'd love to be a Civil War buff...What do you have to do to be a buff?M. Keith Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02444898713867430753noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262783067993808760.post-3435552949345044342011-03-12T00:07:59.000-08:002011-03-12T00:07:59.000-08:00Ken Hitchcock, former head coach of the Columbus B...Ken Hitchcock, former head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets, is also a big Civil War buff. <br><br>I wonder if there's a list out there of celebrity Civil War buffs.Scott MacKenzienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262783067993808760.post-15556595226284554482011-03-12T00:16:45.000-08:002011-03-12T00:16:45.000-08:00This post made me laugh. Being a buff is indeed h...This post made me laugh. <br><br>Being a buff is indeed hard work, particularly if like me and others, you try to write a blog outside of your normal day job. (In my case, an international trade negotiator, something pretty far removed from being a professional historian.) I do have an attraction for the normal buff topics (battles and leaders). On the other hand, I also have begun to delve into the "professional" side of things in doing my blog. It really does take a lot of study in one's spare time to learn the scholarship and to think more broadly than the battlefield. The blog has certainly enabled me to research and explore topics in social, economic, and political history that I may not have if I were still a more laid-back hobbyist. Other bloggers also draw me into thinking about things I may never have before. So, I suppose there are varying degrees of "buffs," from all the casusal reader of bestselling war books all the way up to "amateur historian."Ron Baumgartenhttp://dclawyeronthecivilwar.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262783067993808760.post-59560987396520968632011-03-12T04:09:03.000-08:002011-03-12T04:09:03.000-08:00Hal Mumme, former Division I football coach (Unive...Hal Mumme, former Division I football coach (University of Kentucky which went on probation under his watch & a couple other jobs) was. I remember his first year at UK and in an interview he said he had just read Robertson's biography of Stonewall Jackson and at that time I thought it was pretty cool that a football coach had read a book that I had also read.Richardhttp://www.civilwarobsession.comnoreply@blogger.com