Tucker Abbott must have been a very well-organized writer, considering the number of guidebooks and manuals that he wrote, on all levels from technical to children's books, and even including a recorded guide to pronunciation. I could use some better organization myself. How did Abbott manage such huge amounts of data? Did he have a staff, and if so, of what specializations (photographer, drafter, secretary, etc.)? How was his library indexed and catalogued? And how did all this begin? It seems to me that the "early Abbott", just getting started, has more to teach us than the "later Abbott", who was already well known and respected. Who has some Abbott stories? Andrew K. Rindsberg Geological Survey of Alabama