27-10-2016, 10:29 AM
Jim DiEugenio Wrote:The trade paperback edition of Reclaiming Parkland has just been released. You can get it at Amazon and bookstores.
It is the revised and expanded version. It includes an entire chapter that was cut from the hardcover, one that I am very proud of, on Mexico City. I think its one of the best parts of the book and I was really disappointed it was cut in the first edition.
Also, the first chapter, which includes by biography of Vince Bugliosi--which no one had ever done before--is about twice as long. My editor was scared to death Vince would sue the publisher so he edited it out severely through an attorney. Again, I was really disappointed in this since everything I wrote about Vince was accurate and footnoted. So he could not have sued, at least successfully.
But anyway, in addition to that, there are also certain nuggets of information that i picked up since and I have included in the book. So, IMO, its a new and improved version.
Its really three books in one: there is Vince Bugliosi and how he mangled the Tate-LaBianca murders into Helter Skelter, and how his political career died a violent death.
Second, there is long and sailed analysis of Reclaiming History, how it began and evolved, and you can see every aspect of that inflated whale sliced and diced.
Third, there is an examination in Part Three of the New Hollywood, that is after the Pentagon, and Chase Brandon and the CIA set up shop in the film colony for a number of years and how they now control things. I should add one more point, there is also a bio of Tom Hanks and what he did with that joke of a movie Charlie Wilson's War.
If you like, please leave a nice blurb at Amazon for the book. That usually helps.
Kudos, Jim…. what were your hardback sales like? Average? For instance, I heard that 'Mary's Mosaic' topped out at only 17k+ in hardback before going to pulp friction, even with that 'reckoning' quote by Oliver, featured prominently on Peter's dust jacket. And, bytheway, why are so many murder mystery/true crime book covers only in red, white and black? Ever notice that?