RICHARD B. McCASLIN, chair of the History Department at the University of North Texas, has written numerous books on Civil War and Texas history, including Tainted Breeze: The Great Hanging at Gainesville, Texas, 1862 (LSU Press). L. D. Clark of Gainesville is a widely published novelist and literary scholarly. His books include A Bright Tragic Thing: a Tale of Civil War Texas (Cinco Puntos Press).