Shakes, I just got Jeb and Dash and I'm well into Jeb's years at Washington and Lee. It really is fascinating. He can make the most ordinary incident interesting by the classical, incisive way he writes. You could say that he gives a precise picture of a time and milieu that puts you right there in the picture, or you could say that he writes of such common experiences that the difference of time becomes irrelevant. I'm glad you are advocating for thiis book.
Your piece on Jeb's friend John and John's lifelong relationship with Edwin in this thread (Oct 18) is really poetic. I hope you end up writing a book of biographical sketches of this type, you really have your own voice.