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What do you think about "the present," or words of similar meaning?
I thought about that word too. But what if someone is reading this book and things are no longer as they are today or were in 1788? What if someone is reading this book and it is a time of equity?
I think that is what bothered me. To say 1799 to 2012, 2013, or to present could all be wrong in their own way.
We don't know what the future holds, but we know that things have not changed so far.
I think what I am trying to say is: Would it give the reader a false hope if they see the date 2012 (or 2013, etc.) and they say, well this is 2020, so I am OK (when the facts may be that things are as they were in 2012).
Or if they read the words to present, and things are no longer as they are, then that statement wouldn't be true.
Do you see what I am saying? Or is this a case of a perfectionist getting "wrapped around the axel"?
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The book sounds very interesting. I hope you are able to contact the son. It is wonderful that you have his father's words documented. That WWII generation is about gone. It is strange to me to see Vietnam guys with grey heads...they should be young as I remembered them.