Harry Kollatz Jr.

Kollatz has a panache for storytelling and you can see the stride with each story in this collection. These are some little known, and some of the well know stories as featured in his "Flashback" column in Richmond Magazine. Some are brief snippets of popular yarns like Dahlgren's failed Civil War raid on Richmond, to obscure tall tales as Mr. Hawkin's Sturgeon ride. With each story, I found myself fascinated with the little told stories as well as entertained by Kollatz's take on well trodden ground. You can see how his pace develops from a more reporter, regurgitating history style to his quirky descriptions of events, people or places. A must for Richmond history fans and an all around good read.… (meer)