http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/29/AR2005122901452.html
Also,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_O'Brian
"Some people have speculated that O'Brian's wife, Mary, played an
important part in the shaping, style and content of the novels.
O'Brian wrote the novels in longhand and she is believed to have
reviewed and typed them out for the publisher. He testified to the
importance of her role, and its significance appears to be
demonstrated in the novels written after she became ill and died, 'The
Hundred Days', is noticeably thinner and less rich than the earlier
books even though it was completed before her actual death."
He wrote stories. I wouldn't base my view of American life on the
Doonesbury comics.
Roger
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