Talk:William Main Doerflinger

Precise wording of "Shantymen and Shantyboys" book title
In the original version of the article this was given as "Shantymen and Shantyboys" in the body article and "Shantymen and Shanty Boys" in the reference. I have standardised on the former for internal consistency but have not seen the original; web citations seem to use both versions (also "Shanty-boys", another variant). Anyone know which is correct? Also some sources give it with a subtitle, example: "Shantymen and Shantyboys: Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman". If this is correct I/we should add that in to the citation as well. Anyone got an original copy of the 1951 edition and can check/report back? Tony 1212 (talk) 22:43, 18 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Mystery solved via this link: http://www.loc.gov/folklife/news/pdf/FCN_Vol30_3-4optimized.pdf Tony 1212 (talk) 19:43, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

Chronology for publishing career and war servvice
My current text regarding the chronology of Bill's publishing career around the war years draws on Dan Milner's article which states:

"Bill and Joy married in 1940 and Bill took a job as managing editor of American Mercury magazine and started work on his classic book of maritime and lumbering songs, only to be interrupted by World War II. In traumatic times, most couples bind closer together but the extraordinary, adventuresome Doerflingers took separate paths leading Joy to India on a humanitarian mission and Bill to North Africa and then to Italy working in psychological warfare with the Office of War Information. Reunited in the United States in 1945, Bill ultimately returned to publishing, editing books on a plethora of topics for a long and diverse list of authors stretching from Woody Guthrie to Sir Edmund Hillary to Francois Sagan. The autobiography of the prolific Oklahoma bard, in particular, was a major undertaking as the Guthrie family moved into the Doerflinger home and Joy co-wrote Bound for Glory with Woody."

However Woody Guthrie's autobiography (Bound for Glory) bears a publication date of 1943 so I think the above article must be a little confused about the dates. I am guessing that Bill went off overseas in around 1943 and the Guthrie episode occurred before this date, however have deliberately left the article somewhat vague until a better source for the chronology is located (further clarification welcome). Tony 1212 (talk) 16:22, 21 January 2017 (UTC)