Talk:James P. Fitch

Songs Scouts Sing

I was not aware that James P. Fitch authored the book Songs Scouts Sing, and at this point I doubt that this statement is true. Unfortunately, I don't have access to my copy of the little songbook right now. I do know that in a separate Wikipedia article that I created, and which is titled Wilderness Grace, I wrote that James P. Fitch had made a handwritten copy of "The Worth Ranch Grace" and kept it "filed away in his copy of the small book Songs Scouts Sing. But I did not say that Fitch wrote that book. I fear that someone misinterpreted what I wrote and has now, in this article, given Fitch credit for being the "author" of a book a Scout songs. In truth, Fitch could have only been the editor, and not the "author," of that book, as I assume the songs in the book were not written by Fitch, but were only collected by him, if that. PGNormand (talk) 16:49, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

I have removed the reference stating that Fitch wrote the book Songs Scouts Sing. See the above comment, written almost a year ago. Also, I removed the word "original" from the sentence that said I had the "original copy" of the Worth Ranch Grace. I do not. What I have is a handwritten copy of the Worth Ranch Grace, copied by Fitch in his own handwriting during a visit to Worth Ranch in 1930. The WR Grace had been previously composed by Jerry Fulkerson (see article on "The Wilderness Grace"). However, the fact that Fitch copied it down during a visit to Worth Ranch in the year 1930, and saved that scrap of paper in his copy of the book "Songs Scouts Sing," is just one item of proof that the Grace originated at Worth Ranch. PGNormand (talk) 23:07, 26 November 2009 (UTC)