A big thanks to Brian Peck for giving his side of things.  I guess the ultimate truth about this issue lies in his "misunderstanding" with the family which he declines (rightly so) to elaborate on.  But as they say, there's no such thing as bad publicity and the result of this thread is certainly higher sales for his book (including me).  I really enjoyed the passion mobilized by this topic -- a nice break from the same old gloss, gutters, and glue...