General summary

 

Determining historical truth
    Let's begin at the beginning
    Family stories as historical evidence
    Frederick Wordsworth Ward Jnr
    Thunderbolt "histories"

Researching Thunderbolt and Mary Ann Bugg
   Thunderbolt research material

Writing Captain Thunderbolt and his Lady
    The Genesis of Captain Thunderbolt and his Lady

Attacks by the Fred-Ward-escaped-to-America camp
    Blog: Barry Sinclair's letter to the North West magazine and Letter itself 
    Qualifications
    Forgery claims
    The sage sayeth
    More letters and rebuttals