Too much bollox is attributed to tailwheelers.
Until 40 years ago everybody learned to fly on them and they soloed and got their licences a lot quicker than we do today.
If you can fly a trigear the way they are supposed to be flown and stay on top of it you will be fine with a tailwheel machine.
There are very few good tailwheel instructors around which propagates the myths as rather than proper tuition it becomes a matter of the blind leading the blind.
If you want to learn to fly them properly go and seek out a 'proper' tailwheel instructor, not someone who has only got the 'tick in the box'
FD
PS: The books are fine if you want to kill some time reading aviation stuff on a cold winter's evening but not necessary to understand the matter or to make a good landing. The theory of tailwheel flying can be written on the back of a (small) envelope