Comments on: Bio & Contact http://gregcrouch.com website of author Gregory Crouch Tue, 25 Apr 2023 22:51:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.8 By: George Freeborn http://gregcrouch.com/about#comment-123971 Tue, 25 Apr 2023 22:51:35 +0000 http://69.73.156.4/~jgregcro/?page_id=2#comment-123971 In reply to George Freeborn.

Hi Greg, Yesterday picked up a hard copy of Bonanza King. Audible is fine for listening but lacks images, A Note on Sources, and Index. Would like to chat sometime. Among other areas of interest, looking to better understand the 1865- 1900 SF stock trading market. Have read some sources but not to the detail I am searching for. Also looking forward to the planned Society of California Pioneers 2024 Virginia City.

]]> By: George Freeborn http://gregcrouch.com/about#comment-123969 Fri, 21 Apr 2023 06:52:28 +0000 http://69.73.156.4/~jgregcro/?page_id=2#comment-123969 In reply to George Freeborn.

Yes, Santa Barbara is a beautiful place. Undergrad 1974-1979. History department was outstanding. Surprising did not take any economics course. Many political science classes. Lived on campus first year, then four years in Isla Vista.

]]> By: George Freeborn http://gregcrouch.com/about#comment-123968 Fri, 21 Apr 2023 06:41:55 +0000 http://69.73.156.4/~jgregcro/?page_id=2#comment-123968 In reply to Gregory.

Hi Greg,
Thanks for your reply. Again, my email address is gbfreeborn@icloud.com. Here is a link to my eBook version of A Freeborn Family History AD 502 – 2019, Re-Discovering Our Lost Stories. Most of all it is a communication to my two sons. It was not designed as a public document. Had to publish 2020 version hard copy without final edit due to COVID impacting his business and staff. Currently, creating a new version later this summer. Here is the current eBook link which is on a secure Adobe website. You can review and or download.

]]> By: Gregory http://gregcrouch.com/about#comment-123967 Tue, 18 Apr 2023 16:19:18 +0000 http://69.73.156.4/~jgregcro/?page_id=2#comment-123967 In reply to George Freeborn.

Excellent! I remember. I was hoping you’d reach out. Great personal connection to the old Comstock Lode. I’d love to see your family publications. (BTW, I grew up in Goleta and my Dad was an econ professor at UCSB.) Cheers, Greg

]]> By: George Freeborn http://gregcrouch.com/about#comment-123966 Tue, 18 Apr 2023 15:51:56 +0000 http://69.73.156.4/~jgregcro/?page_id=2#comment-123966 Hi Gregory, I was on the SCP Zoom call last night. As I said your book is remarkable. My ancestor is James Freeborn (1828-1894). James > one of 11 Directors, June 1864 Incorporation. Resigned 1887 when family moved to Paris. Owned Stock brokerages firms 1860-1885 in SF. Underwrote many mining stocks. Likely some Comstock. 1880s Treadwell, AK, largest hard rock gold. Probate $1.5M. Owed 11 commercial downtown buildings. Must have known of JK. Could have been in contact? >> Your book was like moving from b/w photos to a color movie = brought this time to life! Brilliant work. Me = 5th gen. Cal. History- (BA) UCSB (MA) Cambridge U. Written h/c + eBook family history 434 pgs A Freeborn Family History AD 502 – 2019, Re-Discovering Our Lost Stories. Wish to send a private link to this private fam. pub. Not a commercial product. Would like to chat about this period and sources with you sometime?

]]> By: Gregory http://gregcrouch.com/about#comment-123394 Sun, 22 Nov 2020 01:01:43 +0000 http://69.73.156.4/~jgregcro/?page_id=2#comment-123394 In reply to Alastair Robertson.

Thanks for reaching out, Alastair! I’m so glad you enjoyed China’s Wings. Even better to see you’ve followed that on with Bond’s book. Not an inexpensive acquisition, that. One of the most enjoyable aspects of researching that book was meeting and interviewing 3 AVG pilots—Joe Rosbert, Dick Rossi, and Catfish Raine. Also Eric Shilling’s widow, Ilse. What amazing lives they all lived. Cheers! Greg

]]> By: Alastair Robertson http://gregcrouch.com/about#comment-123393 Sat, 21 Nov 2020 19:00:52 +0000 http://69.73.156.4/~jgregcro/?page_id=2#comment-123393 Good afternoon Mr. Crouch,
I have just finished reading your book, China’s Wings, attracted to it by my long-term interest in the AVG and a more recent interest in the Consolidated Commodore. Although late to the party, I must say that I found China’s Wings a very well written, informative and exciting read for which I thank you most sincerely. Although (almost) of the era, I had no idea that CNAC played such a major role in development of the Hump airlift and your narrative of that aspect of the Airline’s operation was particularly interesting. Excited by your book, I have managed to acquire a copy of Wings for an Embattled China from which I hope to learn even more.

]]> By: Gregory http://gregcrouch.com/about#comment-122905 Tue, 19 Nov 2019 00:10:36 +0000 http://69.73.156.4/~jgregcro/?page_id=2#comment-122905 In reply to Art Rolf.

Dear Art, thanks for reaching out. I’m so happy to read that you enjoyed your time with John Mackay on the old Comstock Lode. Cheers, Greg

]]> By: Art Rolf http://gregcrouch.com/about#comment-122904 Mon, 18 Nov 2019 21:19:49 +0000 http://69.73.156.4/~jgregcro/?page_id=2#comment-122904 Dear Gregory,
Last Spring, I finished reading “The Bonanza King” and I thought that it was brilliant. I’m a Western history buff, so I could appreciate all of the research that you put into it.
Art Rolf
Sarasota, Florida.

]]> By: Gregory http://gregcrouch.com/about#comment-121245 Mon, 09 Sep 2019 16:42:04 +0000 http://69.73.156.4/~jgregcro/?page_id=2#comment-121245 In reply to Lenn Mackey.

Lenn! I’ve spun off in a different direction, so not currently in the Central Valley. Booner! Yes. We were good friends at West Point, although I haven’t seen him since. We were both very active in the West Point Mountaineering Club. Awesome guy.

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