Talk:Handbook of Texas
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It is a shame that the Handbook was developed as a printed book and then retrofitted to the web.
If it had been developed as a Web resource it would probably have linked cross-references and make better use of links to multimedia materials and external web sites. Also it probably would not use the wide-spread convention of excluding biographies of living persons. I know for a fact that many people consulting the Handbook are surprised that they do not find biographies for either Bush president.
Modernizing the Web version of the Handbook would be a worthy undertaking.
--Bob Bolin (rbolin2@unl.edu)
