Originally Posted by bearisgray

I have the Brackman book - and it does a nice job of that

- for example, it lists four different patterns for "Churn Dash"

- the pattern I know as "Variable Star" or "Ohio Star" has five variations shown and about 20 names.

I'm not familiar with the other books mentioned, but I think the Brackman book was worth the money (I bought it new for $34.95)