Corrected locator: PDF 7, the copyright-page memoir disclaimer. PDF 12 is the reader warning, not this disclaimer. Recreated dialogue is not a transcript.
The publisher and author explain the evidentiary boundary of the memoir before the narrative begins.
Minnick states that the book presents his current recollections, changes some identifying details, compresses events, and recreates dialogue; those narrative passages therefore require attribution and cannot be treated as transcripts.
PDF sheet 7
Copyright page and memoir disclaimer
Fresh full-source review, 2026-09-29. Corrected locator: PDF 7, the copyright-page memoir disclaimer. PDF 12 is the reader warning, not this disclaimer. Recreated dialogue is not a transcript.
Evidence
Minnick states that the book presents his current recollections, changes some identifying details, compresses events, and recreates dialogue; those narrative passages therefore require attribution and cannot be treated as transcripts.
Location and context
PDF sheet 7; Copyright page and memoir disclaimer.
The publisher and author explain the evidentiary boundary of the memoir before the narrative begins.
Interpretation and verification
Corrected locator: PDF 7, the copyright-page memoir disclaimer. PDF 12 is the reader warning, not this disclaimer. Recreated dialogue is not a transcript.
Verified means fidelity to the supplied source, not independent proof of every reported event. Canonical Source, Literature Note and Citation relations retained.