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[meschi]

[Mother]

Been wanting to read this for ages. Good aye?

[meschi]

im only at the start and so far its quite matter of factly. all latitude and longitude, supplies and men. interesting stuff. But the best bit is the way he writes, like a wisened old sailor with more stories than time to tell em in.

[meschi]

[Mother]

Managed to to get a PDF copy of this 1930's publication that documents gangland activity during the prohibition era in Chicago. Al Capone, St Valentine's Day Massacre etc. Alot of very grim but fascinating photos in this.

"According to the My Al Capone Museum website, this week’s featured book was first published anonymously in 1930 because the author, Chicago reporter Harold “Hal Andrews” feared reprisals from the Chicago mob, and probably with good reason. The book contains gory crime scene photos taken at the sites of some of the most notorious Chicago gangland killings of the 1920s. No less a big boy than Al Capone, who is believed to have ordered the notorious 1929 St. Valentine’s Day massacre of a rival Chicago crime gang, reportedly ordered his minions to confiscate every copy of “X Marks the Spot” from Chicago newspaper stands. The University of Illinois' copy of "X Marks the Spot" bears the author's signature and the following inscription "Chicago, in her 100 years of progress, has borne many crosses, but none greater than the cross that marks the spot X.""

[meschi]

looks minted. can you send it over to us?

[gostwan]

I have so many books in my owner ship that I had about 4 on the go at the same time around 5 years ago, then just became too busy to finish them. As I'm now serving the community in a charity shop one of my tasks is to organise the book shelf. Its unbelievable how many new unread books come through the door! So I've built up even more of a stock pile, but am addressing this as we speak by starting with Brett Easton Ellis' Lunar Park. Your brain hurts at first if you haven't read a novel in so long, I think it forgets how to do it after a while. But I'm glad I percivered now, as its a very funny semi-autoboigraphical tome that is slowly starting to take hold as it gets to the really unhinged part. He really has a knack for putting you inside the character the novel is focusing on. I will report back when I'm done with it. Is anyone else a fan?

[sterobe]

I have so many books in my owner ship that I had about 4 on the go at the same time around 5 years ago, then just became too busy to finish them. As I'm now serving the community in a charity shop one of my tasks is to organise the book shelf. Its unbelievable how many new unread books come through the door! So I've built up even more of a stock pile, but am addressing this as we speak by starting with Brett Easton Ellis' Lunar Park. Your brain hurts at first if you haven't read a novel in so long, I think it forgets how to do it after a while. But I'm glad I percivered now, as its a very funny semi-autoboigraphical tome that is slowly starting to take hold as it gets to the really unhinged part. He really has a knack for putting you inside the character the novel is focusing on. I will report back when I'm done with it. Is anyone else a fan?

i've read american psycho before and wasnt overly impressed. read about a quarter of less than zero and couldnt get into it. my mate raves about him, so i need to give him another go. what charity shop you in?