# Talk:The Defence of Duffer's Drift

BF of course, stands for "bloody fool".  I would imagine this is deliberate. Any citation would be nice. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 12:02, 22 October 2016 (UTC).

@Chiswick Chap: Thanks for looking into this article!  It could definitely use some work & expansion.  That said...  and this is quite a minor point, to be clear...  was this book ever published with a listed author as "Backsight Forethought?"  Because if not, it really shouldn't show up in the author field.  First person narratives are exceedingly common in literature, but that's not what the author field is for.  David Copperfield is credited to Charles Dickens, not "Charles Dickens, writing as David Copperfield (the character)".  The edition of this book I read made very clear that Dunlop was the author and Forethought is the character in the book, not that Dunlop wrote under the name "Backsight Forethought," but maybe other editions are not as clear?  SnowFire (talk) 17:37, 2 February 2020 (UTC)

The byline on the title page of my 1907 copy is 'By "BACKSIGHT FORETHOUGHT."', and that's the signature on the Preface also; Swinton's name doesn't appear anywhere in the early editions. I might put an image of it on the page when I have time to scan it.  Chiswick Chap (talk) 17:45, 2 February 2020 (UTC)