by Hugh Ambrose
I thank Doug Mitchell, my friend, my brother, my mentor.
In the period of time needed to complete The Pacific and then the years devoted to researching and writing Liberated Spirits, my wife and I found ourselves fully challenged by various exigencies of life. Such challenges do not make us in any way unusual, but I wish to recognize the debts we owe to our friends, particularly Joel Christiansen and Brad Blickhan. On various occasions in the past few years I have had to call Brad or Joel and ask for huge favors: for instance, to fly down and help me break into the city of New Orleans when it was still under martial law, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, so that I could rescue my research. At a certain point in each of those phone calls, the full import of my request cascaded upon me: the disruption to my friend’s life, his work and his family, the freight of it tangling my speech until either Brad or Joel interrupted my apologetic ramblings with “When?” followed by “Yes. Let me check with my wife, but I think we can make that work.” My wife, Andrea, and I have been blessed with other family and friends who have supported us when we needed it, but this acknowledgment section would be incomplete without the forthright inclusion of our dear friends, particularly the two men who for decades have been my big brothers.
This book is dedicated to Andrea Ambrose, whose gentle, true spirit is a miracle.
HUGH AMBROSE
Helena, Montana
Postscript
Hugh Ambrose died on May 23, 2015, within a few months of completing this book. Hugh was the first friend I made when I started graduate school at the University of Montana in 1989. Our friendship ebbed and flowed over the next fifteen years as we each left Montana and careers took us in different directions, but when he asked me to do a little research on the germ of an idea for what would become Liberated Spirits, I didn’t hesitate. As the germ grew, Hugh asked me to serve as his full-time research assistant. Over the course of nearly three years, many diversions slowing the work for both of us, Hugh and I talked or exchanged e-mail on an almost daily basis, he allowing my insights to inform his interpretations and his careful analysis guiding my search for the next, best piece of information. We were brothers-in-arms, and in any relationship between brothers, one leads more often than not, teaching, guiding, and giving more than the other. Hugh led more than he followed, but he always had the courage to take a step behind, to listen, to think, to reassess, and to be equally generous in his criticism and praise. Those gifts have served me well in completing Liberated Spirits for Hugh, his vision of its import and his unique approach to the discussion of the “noble experiment” of Prohibition intact.
I could not have attempted, let alone completed, this book, without the stalwart support of Hugh’s wife, Andrea, who asked me the day after his funeral, amidst her tragic loss, if I could finish the book. I did not hesitate to commit fully to the effort. Hugh’s drafts, outlines, and extensive notes and our correspondence and the reminders of our many conversations provided me ample guidance for completing Liberated Spirits, offering a capstone to Hugh’s legacy for his family and many friends, so many of whom offered me their support. Prominent among those friends was Hugh’s agent, Brian Lipson, whose faith in me, an unpublished research historian he had never met, bolstered my confidence and my intent. Finally, the gifts of time and quiet offered by my wife, Mary, and our three children, Aidan, Cara, and Tanian, gave me the opportunity to focus all my energies on this effort, and I don’t think I can ever repay their sacrifices, but I will certainly try. They understand how much this work, which never felt like work, has meant to me. I don’t say casually that I will never pursue an endeavor that means as much to me as completing Liberated Spirits. It has been an honor and I believe that it would have earned Hugh’s praise, a thing never given lightly but, when tendered, a source of great pride and contentment for anyone receiving it.
Please note Hugh’s appreciation for the efforts of Natalee Rosenstein, the editor who initially recognized the merit of Liberated Spirits and secured it for Penguin. After Natalee’s departure from Penguin, Brent Howard took the reins of the project and, without any prior knowledge of the book, kept it alive. A change of position for Brent brought a third editor, Tracy Bernstein, to the project. Her thoughtful comments and suggestions have proven invaluable in improving the telling of the story. Andrea Ambrose and I are deeply appreciative of Penguin’s desire to move forward with Liberated Spirits through a long period of uncertainty.
JOHN SCHUTTLER
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