Re: Fletcher Vs Kephart

Fletcher's obituary is sad news indeed, because all of us, really, owe him a debt that can never be repaid. Soon after spending six nights around tree-line in southern Rockies & facing rather grim wood shortage in 1971, I read Fletcher's advice about Svea stoves. CARRA MIA !!!

In general, though, the same could be said for Kephart. I think Fletcher ultimately sold more books, but Kephart held the record for genre for many decades. Both Kephart's writing, and to a lesser extent Fletcher's are/is now archaic and historically peculiar. But Kephart, and the highly conservative publishing culture of his era, did aspire to a higher literary standard than Fletcher and his era.

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