tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post7018670280864349618..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: The Legend of Sawney Bean - Real or Fiction?Debra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-64432489748194157682011-11-20T12:24:43.286-08:002011-11-20T12:24:43.286-08:00There is some who believe the story of Sawney Bean...There is some who believe the story of Sawney Bean was part of the "literature" found in the chapbooks, which were quite popular in the 1780s.Regina Jeffershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625258900926909602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-77744741469314614362011-11-19T09:58:55.964-08:002011-11-19T09:58:55.964-08:00Thanks to Regency Romance author Regina Jeffers fo...Thanks to Regency Romance author Regina Jeffers for sharing her insights into The Legend of Sawney Bean - Real or Fiction? I especially appreciate this article, as this family inspired a short story that I wrote about 30 years ago, which forms part of my soon to be released historical fantasy, horror novel.Teresa Thomas Bohannonhttp://www.myladyweb.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-66316790977760027482011-11-17T19:56:12.192-08:002011-11-17T19:56:12.192-08:00The "demon barber of Fleet Street" and n...The "demon barber of Fleet Street" and now the Beans? What does this say of anti-social extremes among the British? Even if it's legend?<br /><br />Regarding the revisionism that has cleaned up the Donner women -- in connection with my Murietta research I read Sutter's private letters on the subject at the time. He sent a group of his vaqueros with cattle for the Donner survivors. The women lost the cattle and ate the vaqueros. <br /><br />It's an item of women's history that's not emphasized, but it was the women who ate the men, who were dying off, having exhausted themselves in their efforts to get the party through the snow. One man got down to Sutter's ranch for help. <br /><br />In the spring the women were guided down to safety and, being widowed now, eventually made very good marriages. I guess the ability to survive was highly prized in the West.Katherine Ashehttp://www.katherineashe.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-68848062174511341372011-11-17T17:41:11.656-08:002011-11-17T17:41:11.656-08:00The tour and the "model cave" were my fi...The tour and the "model cave" were my first introduction to the legend. There is a magnificent walking tour that involves the original cave.Regina Jeffershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625258900926909602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-51914965541744135192011-11-17T13:16:38.601-08:002011-11-17T13:16:38.601-08:00Add in "if" and "not" to the l...Add in "if" and "not" to the last two sentences and get me an editor, please. lol.Debra Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-4141093624498602122011-11-17T13:15:03.863-08:002011-11-17T13:15:03.863-08:00Hi Regina, I added your name at the top and remove...Hi Regina, I added your name at the top and removed a redundant word last night- it might be my fault that it went into draft mode- though I thought I made sure it was scheduled to go live just as you had it. Apologies if I messed it up.<br /><br />I do hope the Bean story is exaggerated for the sake of the poor victims, but there are some crazy people out there. I do remember reading in the news a few years back that the Donner party was finally proven not to have cannibalized each other even in their desperate situation- but how long was it "known" that they had done so? Things get said and blown out of proportion and finally become "fact", though the Bean story is called legend, at least in your post. I am somewhat neutral on the matter, but must say that even though the people had been raised in the family only environment, it would have been repulsive to most if not all of them by nature to tear people apart and eat them. I wonder even the congenital effects of incest could have developed a people like that. I hope.Debra Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-20984050197972483792011-11-17T10:40:08.205-08:002011-11-17T10:40:08.205-08:00I find such tidbits absolutely enthralling, Sophia...I find such tidbits absolutely enthralling, Sophia. I have a book of Scottish legend. This one remained in my memory long after I closed the book.Regina Jeffershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625258900926909602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-86762223087918775652011-11-17T10:04:32.180-08:002011-11-17T10:04:32.180-08:00Oh my 'creepy' word! I certainly hope thi...Oh my 'creepy' word! I certainly hope this was the stuff of fiction and not fact, but most legend has some grain of truth to it I know.<br /><br />Thanks for the little 'shiver up my spine', Regina. (-;Sophia Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07909417504496472472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-23679257934250165032011-11-17T09:45:49.719-08:002011-11-17T09:45:49.719-08:00I apologize for this post coming up online a bit l...I apologize for this post coming up online a bit late. I thought I have scheduled it on Blogger, but somehow, it was saved as a draft instead.Regina Jeffershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625258900926909602noreply@blogger.com