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Customer Reviews: Amazing how timeless are these storiesMarch 8, 2009 Laser Scientist(Kentucky) 11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I will start by saying that this book was actually written in 1908. It is a collection of stories of true crime about various cases that went through the New York District Attorney's office while the author was an Assistant D.A. Arthur Train is masterful at telling these stories in a way that is as germane today as it was when he wrote the book over 100 years ago. Aside from an occasional phrase (e.g. "...Jesse started on a toilsome stage journey to Brownsville...") that betrays the era, one could believe that he or she is reading about events that occurred just yesterday. I found it an amazing and fascinating testament to the constancy of the human psyche.
All that being said, buyers should be aware the entire text of this book is freely available at either Project Gutenberg or on Google Books. Since the copyright has already expired, it is in the public domain. If you want the print version to carry with you, you may decide it worthwhile to buy the hardcopy. However, I was perfectly happy downloading the text and reading it as an ebook on my cell phone.
terrible bookMarch 8, 2010 Miriam R. Keith(Ohio) This book was horrendous to follow. The stories might have been interesting, but there was obviously no proofreading done. Paragraphs were interrupted by strange symbols and paragraphs
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