I guess I was the opposite
by jt (2024-04-16 18:04:30)

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I was 12 when I first read it in 1987. I found the stuff on Joe Black and Carl Furillo particularly interesting.

I remember the Furillo chapter particularly well
by sprack  (2024-04-16 18:13:15)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

The “Reading Rifle” was a construction worker at the World Trade Center when Kahn interviewed him, and was kind of bitter, feeling forgotten.
No kind of about it
by jt  (2024-04-17 14:00:09)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

completely bitter.

Sad tale, he brought a lot of it on himself.