The editor was contacted by the anonymous author who for health reasons was unable to finish the study. He was told that he was at liberty to edit, rearrange and add to the manuscript as he saw fit. As a result, revisions were made, and much new material and extensive documentation were added.
The anonymous writer, identified as author, was a third-generation Jehovah's Witness and a member for forty years. He served in the administrative offices at world headquarters in Brooklyn, New York and was personally acquainted with N.H. Knorr, F.W. Franz, Milton Henschel, Hayden Covington, A.H. Macmillan and many members of the Governing Body and other old-time officials of the Society. On his leaving Bethel headquarters some years ago, he was offered a position as district overseer. Disillusioned by what he had learned of the history of the Watch Tower Society, and what he had seen at headquarters, he declined the appointment.
VM44, you said what I was about to say 
. The above profile immediately made me think of Maximus, but I didn't know about the Rutherford book (that would be a great book). Jim Penton's Apocalypse Delayed was a great book, and if he has a second one coming out, I'll try to get it too.Thanks for the heads up, Randy, I'll definitely be getting that book when it comes out.