The Complete Story of the Galveston Horror - Author help

Cbteddy · Post by **Cbteddy** » March 7th, 2024, 7:28 pm

Hi all! Hoping to set this up as a group project, but I'm a little confused as to the author credit. PG has it listed as "by John Coulter" but then lists him as editor, and the book written "By Survivors". Should I put it under various?

Any clarification anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated!

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34304

Post by **mightyfelix** » March 8th, 2024, 3:15 pm

I would guess the author should be Anonymous, edited by John Coulter. Unless the names of "the Survivors" who wrote it are given anywhere, which I don't see on a quick perusal. Or we could just follow PG in this. I could see a good argument either way.

Post by **TriciaG** » March 8th, 2024, 6:11 pm

Rather than Anonymous, I think Various would be better. Anonymous is usually one person.

Otherwise, what Devorah said: either way would work.

I notice the Slave Narratives are in as Various, with no mention of the US WPA: https://librivox.org/group/677

Cbteddy · Post by **Cbteddy** » March 9th, 2024, 2:24 pm

Great, thank you both for the feedback. I'll double check, but I also didn't see any survivor names. Sounds like 'various' would be the way to go.