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No comments about The Big, Bad Book of Jim: Rogues, Rascals and Rapscallions Named James, Jim and Jimmy.

1 comments about The Lone Brit on 13: A Prisoner's Hell in Spain's Toughest Jail.

1. This book was genuinely 'un put down able'. The level of attention to detail that Christopher Chance achieves is excellent. When I finished this book, I didn't have any questions, that's the biggest compliment I can pay it. A thoroughly enjoyable book. Christopher Chance does not pull any punches. If you like reading 'heavy' detail, then you will like this book. I thoroughly recommend this book. Thoroughly entertaining.

1 comments about Baby Face Nelson: The FBI Files.

1. Don't be misled by this title, for "Baby Face Nelson - The FBI Files" is hardly what it implies. The focus of this book is the FBI's probe into the August 16, 1933 robbery of the Peoples Savings Bank of Grand Haven, Michigan. Hundreds of photocopied letters, reports, and memos are provided, some of them barely discernable. While Nelson was alleged to have been one of the participants, his name is barely mentioned in these pages. The two principal subjects were the brothers Eddie and Ted Bentz, the latter having been convicted of this crime and sentenced to prison, although he never ceased to proclaim his innocence. (He was pardoned in 1955, but there is no mention of this in this book). The trial transcript is also included. In summation, unless you are interested in this particular stickup and its aftermath, I would strongly recommend you not waste your time reading this book. You can probably obtain all this information and more for free under the Freedom of Information Act if you are so inclined. I wish someone had given me a head's up before I made this purchase, but it is what it is. Unfortunately, I happened to be the first (and, hopefully, last) reviewer of this farce.

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4 comments about The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson: A True Story of Love and Murder.

1. It's a horrifying story of a man who gains to much power in the mounties and kills his wife. If your from Saskatchewan, the places in the book are all close to home and give you a sense of realism.



2. This is a great book! I would suggest it for anyone who live in saskatchewan. It shows how much control love has over one man. Enough power to cause him to murder, (...)



3. All the letters and stuff were pretty boring to read. And the suicide attempt scene is probably the most horrible thing I've ever read and will scar me for life but this book was actually pretty...good. Especially since I hail from Regina, I reccommend this book to all the Skatchies



4. I found this book to be very well worth reading, everything is supported by factual evidence(e.g the letters and police reports)and Simmie keeps the story progressing very well from start to finish while keeping it clear and understandable for the reader to follow what is happening. It doesn't tell the story of a man consumed by love as most would say, but of a man consumed with himself and his selfishness, he wanted something and didn't care what or who he destroyed in the process of acheiving it.

1 comments about Pirates and Privateers (Amazing Stories) (Amazing Stories).

1. While the slim book is by no means an exhaustive account of piracy, it is a nicely condensed narrative of events particular to the Canadian maritimes. The book begins with an account of the privateers who sailed in search of plunder from Britain's enemies -- quite often, given the checkered history in Colonial and post-Revolutionary days, the United States -- and then proceeds to the men who turned pirate and targeted any likely ship that hove into view.
   
   The chapters on privateering are more fascinating, mostly because so many books lean heavily on the more villainous and colorful pirates. But the privateers who set out from the shipyards of Nova Scotia, among others, helped to build a rich economy based largely on the prizes they took. Of course, privateering is by no means a certain trade, and author/researcher Joyce Glasner reports the failures as well as the successes.
   
   Being an avid reader of books on this topic, there is much here I've seen before. It's to Glasner's credit that much of this material was also new to me, and her presentation is both informative and entertaining.
   
   by Tom Knapp, Rambles.NET editor

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